The adjudicators of the Waste Management category of the 2017 Greenest  Municipality Competition (GMC) received a warm welcome  when they visited  Overstrand Municipality on Wednesday 23 August 2017.

Overstrand ranked third amongst  Western Cape’s Greenest Municipalities overall, and walked off as winner in the category Waste Management for the sixth time in last year’s competition.

Johan van Taak, Overstrand Municipality’s co-ordinator for the competition and the municipality’s  Solid  Waste Manager: Planning, said  that Overstrand has always  been a keen supporter of the competition.

This competition helps the municipality to focus on things that really matter, and help to improve the quality of our environment and the quality of life, he added.

The  adjudication panel consisted of Gregg Adams and Therina Oberholzer  from  the  Provincial Department of Environmental Affairs. The panel had a question and answer session with Johan van Taak and Deputy Director of Infrastructure & Planning, Hanré Blignaut, before they embarked on site visits to solid waste facilities and activities across the Overstrand area.

The winners of the competition will be announced in November 2017. 

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