Diepsloot Waste Buy Back Centre — hero photograph

Community · Diepsloot, Johannesburg

Diepsloot Waste Buy Back Centre — Community architecture project by Isago Architecture, South Africa

Sector

Community

Location

Diepsloot, Johannesburg

Status

Completed 2012

A new waste buy-back centre for Diepsloot’s community recycling project — collection, storage, compression and packaging under one roof, with facilities for the community workers who run it.

The centre provides:

Recycling collection
Recycling storage
Recycling compression
Packaging
Ablutions and pause areas for community workers
Parking facilities for trucks

Diepsloot Waste Buy Back Centre — photograph 1

Diepsloot Waste Buy Back Centre — photograph 2

Diepsloot Waste Buy Back Centre — photograph 3

Diepsloot Waste Buy Back Centre — photograph 4

Diepsloot Waste Buy Back Centre — photograph 5

Diepsloot Waste Buy Back Centre — photograph 6