How to get rid of building rubble?

The City of Johannesburg's waste by-law counts building rubble, earth and rock from building work as building waste. You can take it yourself to the Marie Louise Landfill in Dobsonville, the landfill nearest Roodepoort, or have a rubble removal crew load it and take it to a licensed site for you. Pikitup garden sites are for light garden waste, not rubble.

What are some examples of illegal dumping?

Leaving rubble, garden refuse, old furniture or bags of rubbish on a verge, a vacant stand, a park or the side of a road, instead of taking it to a proper facility. Pikitup collects illegally dumped waste from road reserves and vacant land, and takes reports on 0860 562 874 or 011 375 5555.

Where can I find rubbish removal services in Johannesburg?

For household bins, Pikitup does the weekly round collection. For anything that won't fit in the bin (rubble, a garden clear-out, old furniture), you can take it to a Pikitup facility yourself or use a private removal service. In Roodepoort and the West Rand, we collect it and take it away for you.

WEST RAND DISPOSAL GUIDE · UPDATED 20 OCTOBER 2026

Dumping Sites Near Roodepoort

The nearest landfill to Roodepoort is Marie Louise in Dobsonville, and the Pikitup garden sites in the Roodepoort area are Marie Louise (Roodepoort Road) and Panorama (Jim Fouche Road). Here is what each one is for, with the addresses Pikitup publishes, so you take the right load to the right gate.

Builders rubble, soil, general waste

Goes to a landfill. For Roodepoort that is the Marie Louise Landfill Site, Cnr Elias Motsoledi Street & Main Road, Dobsonville, Soweto.

Branches, grass, leaves

Goes to a garden site. Pikitup has 42 of them "where residents can dispose of light garden waste". The ones in and near Roodepoort are listed below.

Pikitup sites closest to Roodepoort

Names and addresses as listed on Pikitup's Find a Facility page, read 20 October 2026. Pikitup does not publish opening hours or gate fees on that page, so check with Pikitup before a long drive.

Marie Louise Landfill Site Landfill

Cnr Elias Motsoledi Street & Main Road, Dobsonville, Soweto

One of the four landfills Pikitup operates (with Robinson Deep, Goudkoppies and Ennerdale). This is the landfill nearest Roodepoort, and the one for general waste and builders rubble.

Marie Louise Garden Site Garden site

Roodepoort Road, Vogelstruisfontein

A separate garden site, not the landfill gate. For light garden waste, plus the recycling bins every garden site has.

Panorama Garden Site Garden site

Jim Fouche Road, Panorama A.H.

Garden site on Jim Fouche Road, the road that runs through Weltevreden Park.

Fairlands Garden Site Garden site

Smit Street, Fairlands

Further east, toward Randburg.

Randburg Garden Site Garden site

Hans Schoeman Street, Strydom Park

Further east again, in Randburg.

Roodepoort Depot Depot

10 Granville Road, Lea Glen

Pikitup's Roodepoort depot, which runs the area's collection rounds. It is a depot, not a public dumping site.

The Joburg rules that apply to your pile

Roodepoort is part of the City of Johannesburg, so the City's Waste Management By-laws (2021) apply. Three parts matter to anyone with a heap in the driveway:

Garden waste: seven days
Garden waste must be removed and disposed of "within seven days", or a reasonable time the City sets, at a facility the City determines. Composting it on your own property is allowed if it doesn't cause a nuisance.
Keep the weighbridge ticket
An authorised official can ask for "a weighbridge ticket as proof of proper disposal" of garden waste over a set mass. If you tip a big load yourself, keep the slip.
Bulky waste: fourteen days
Old furniture, appliances and anything too big for the bin must be removed or disposed of within fourteen days. The City may collect it on request, at the owner's cost.

Source: City of Johannesburg Waste Management By-laws, 2021, sections 25, 26 and 27, read 20 October 2026. Facility list: Pikitup, Find a Facility and Customer Services pages, read 20 October 2026.

Seen someone dumping?

Pikitup takes illegal dumping reports on 0860 562 874 or 011 375 5555. If you pay someone to take your rubble away, ask where it is going. A load that ends up on a vacant stand is still your rubble.

No bakkie? We'll take it for you

Driving a load to Dobsonville means borrowing a bakkie, loading it by hand and driving it there yourself. If that's more than you want to deal with, we come to you anywhere in Roodepoort and the West Rand, load it and take it to the right facility.