Tyre dump planned for Tesselaarsdal

Writer: De Waal Steyn.

Residents of Tesselaarsdal are up in arms over the proposed establishment of a storage and pre-processing facility for waste tyres in this peaceful hamlet across the mountain from Hermanus.

According to Tesselaarsdal Action Group (TAG) chairperson, Frigga Graham-Parker, the establishment of a tyre dump anywhere on farm 811 (that constitutes the town), “never mind such a publicly visible portion, is an absolute contradiction and direct threat to our planned economic development path. A facility such as this shouldn’t even be under any kind of consideration. Tyre storage and processing is an industrial activity and has no place on land zoned for agriculture or as residential in an area earmarked for eco-tourism.”

A press release from TAG states that the Department of Environmental Affairs’ Waste Bureau has recently awarded 30 tenders to businesses to store and process waste tyres around the country. A total of 25 of these tenders were awarded to Gauteng-based, Magogudi Construction Projects, who have applied for one of their facilities to be developed on Erf 54 of farm 811.

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