Waste Management
The waste leaves. The paper trail stays.
Medical, sanitary, general and food waste is collected on a schedule that suits your operation and disposed of through licensed treatment facilities. KOVA is licensed to handle and transport waste; every drop-off is logged, and proof of disposal is there when you need it.
If it needs to leave your premises legally, we take it
Different waste streams carry different rules. We separate, contain, and dispose of each one as the regulations require.
Medical & healthcare risk waste
Clinical waste from practices, clinics and treatment rooms, contained and collected for incineration at a licensed facility.
Swabs · dressings · contaminated PPE
Sharps
Compliant sharps containers supplied, sealed on collection and disposed of through the same licensed route.
Needles · blades · ampoules
Pharmaceutical waste
Expired and unused medication, kept separate from general streams and destroyed, not landfilled.
Expired stock · vials · schedule drugs
Sanitary & washroom waste
Sanitary bins are serviced, and the contents are disposed of through our licensed medical waste route.
Sanitary bins · nappies · wipes
General business waste
Everyday waste from offices, retail, warehouses and body corporates, collected as often as you need it.
Office waste · packaging · cleanouts
Food & organic waste
High-volume kitchen and food waste from restaurants, canteens and multi-tenant buildings.
Kitchen prep · plate waste · spoiled stock
Something else in your waste stream? Message us on WhatsApp and we’ll tell you whether we handle it and how it needs to go.
Licensed to move it. Licensed facilities to destroy it.
Waste is only compliant if the whole chain is. KOVA holds its own licences to handle and transport waste, so your load isn’t handed to an unvetted third party the moment it leaves your gate.
Disposal happens at licensed treatment facilities. BCL handles medical and sanitary waste for incineration. General and food waste goes to Innosense and Sons. Both issue us proof after every drop-off.
- KOVA holds its own handling and transport licences
- Every collection is logged on the Western Cape Government waste portal
- Proof of disposal from the treatment facility after every drop-off
- Safe disposal certificates and copies issued on request
From first collection to filed certificate, in four steps
Assess
We review what you generate, how much, and which streams must stay separate.
Set up
We supply the containers and bins you need, sized and labelled for each stream. No scramble to source your own.
Collect
Daily, every second day, weekly, or whatever your operation actually runs on. The schedule is built around you, not around our route.
Account for it
We log each load and dispose of it at a licensed facility, with documentation available whenever you’re asked for it.
One Provider, One Contract
Pest control and waste management, on the same contract
Most of our waste clients started with pests, or the other way around. Running both through KOVA means one point of contact, one schedule, one invoice, and technicians who already know your building. It also closes the loop: uncontrolled waste draws rodents, flies, and cockroaches in the first place.
Who We Do This For
If you generate waste, we can take it
Clinics, dentists, vets, salons, restaurants, offices, retail, warehouses, body corporates and student accommodation. A small practice filling one sharps container a month and a CBD building with four restaurants in it need very different schedules, and both get one.
- A 400-room student accommodation, serviced for over a year
- Multiple multi-tenant buildings in the Cape Town CBD, restaurants included
- Compliant disposal across medical, sanitary, general and food streams
Good questions, straight answers
Anything else on your mind? Call us on 067 743 2959, we’re happy to talk it through.
Do you supply the bins and containers?
Yes, if you need them. Sharps containers, sanitary bins, general waste containers, sized to your volumes and labelled by stream.
How often do you collect?
As often as you need. We run daily, every second day and weekly schedules, and we’ll set yours around your volumes rather than a fixed route.
Do we get proof of disposal?
Yes. We log every collection on the Western Cape Government portal, and our treatment facilities provide proof after each drop-off. Ask us for disposal certificates, and we’ll issue them.
How does the agreement work?
We set the schedule, streams, and price upfront, in writing, before the first collection. If your volumes change, the schedule changes with them.
Do you take building rubble?
No. We don’t do rubble removal.
Do you do washroom cleaning?
Not currently. We service and dispose of sanitary waste, but we don’t offer cleaning services.
Can we add pest control to the same agreement?
Yes, and plenty of clients do. One provider, one schedule, one invoice.