Smart Waste has responded to the incident that happened on Sunday, 29 September when some employees of the company were caught on camera dumping waste near the river behind Featherbrook Estate.
Smart Waste Director, Clint Ralph said, “In response to the incident, I need to state that in no uncertain terms does the Management or Company Policy condone illegal or unethical waste disposal in any form whatsoever. We pride ourselves in our unwavering approach to ethical waste management. Unfortunately, we are dealing with people. This was an isolated incident where the individual took it upon himself to dump his load illegally. We have no idea what prompted him to do this however it certainly goes against company policy and procedure.”
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After Smart Waste was informed of the incident, they took the following action:
• An immediate investigation took place to get the facts.
• The offending staff member was identified and suspended pending a disciplinary hearing.
• The hearing will take place this week once due notice has been given to the offending staff member.
• We immediately dispatched a team to the site where they have cleaned up the area.
• All Area Managers and Supervisors have been reminded and refreshed concerning our company policy on legal and ethical waste disposal.
The Northsider visited the site on Tuesday, 1 October in the company of Smart Waste Area Managers, Macdonald Nkadimeng and Charl Blignaut, and confirmed that the area has been cleaned up.
Nkadimeng said, “The Company is very big on ethics and we have been in good business for 12 years. It is not easy to monitor every move of our employees, but we sincerely apologise for this, especially to the residents of Featherbrooke Estate.”
