Madam Deputy Speaker, the ANC welcomes the contribution of the Buffalo City Metro in the fight against climate change by making use of trains instead of trucks to transport waste to its main landfill site in Berlin.
The metro has contracted Metrorail trains for the transportation of the bulk of its waste to the Berlin landfill site, supplemented by road transportation for the remainder of the waste to rail loading points.
Furthermore, implementing the bus rapid transit system in the metro, with the aim of reducing the number of vehicles on roads by encouraging passengers to use buses, will further assist in reducing carbon emissions.
The ANC believes that this initiative will go a long way in mitigating the impact on global warming and climate change, and encourages other metros and provinces to follow the example of using alternative transport to minimise the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.