It's business as usual for Pikitup on Heritage Day

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Rubbish collection uninterrupted Pikitup will continue its waste collection services as usual on Heritage Day. Landfill sites and garden sites will also be open. September 18, 2007 By Lesego Madumo RUBBISH will be collected as usual on Heritage Day, Monday, 24 September, according to the City's waste removal utility. "Pikitup would like to inform the residents and businesses in Johannesburg that refuse collection services will continue as normal on 24 September," it said. Domestic, bulk, dailies or wet waste, collection services will operate normally. "All garden sites will remain open on [that] … public holiday for the disposal of garden refuse and recyclable items." Marius de Villiers, a spokesman for the utility, says that the provision of services, especially on a public holiday, is an indication of the dedicated service that it is willing to provide. All landfill sites, except the Ennerdale landfill, will be fully operational. Pikitup is responsible for keeping the city clean, so providing an attractive and hygienic environment. For further information, call Pikitup's contact centre on 011 712 5200 or Joburg Connect on 011 375 5555; alternatively visit the Pikitup website. Heritage Day was declared a national public holiday in 1996, to celebrate the country's culture, its historical inheritance and languages. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za