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Our Living Community - 24 June 2026

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The primary goal of any environmentally aware waste management programme, is to take only the absolute necessary to landfill - reuse and recycle as much as possible. The MMC of Waste Management for the City of Cape Town, Grant Twigg this week shares some last pointers with Otto van der Walt on recycling, which even includes green waste or food scraps.
24 Jun English South Africa Science · Nature

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