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Cape Town bags first Waste Strategy for a cleaner city [SOUND]

# The City of Cape Town Council recently approved the metro’s first Waste Strategy. It outlines the metro’s approach over the next ten-years to manage waste more effectively and sustainably, in collaboration with all stakeholders. Mayoral committee member for Urban Waste Management, Grant Twigg, says Cape Town currently manages about 2.1-million tonnes of waste annually, with about 31.53-percent of this waste currently diverted from landfills:

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