1. 11 1 NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Water and Environment MAY 2012 1

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE  Background  Context of the NWMS  Development process  Public Participation Process  Summary of Key Issues  Goals and targets 22

3. BACKGROUND  Legal Framework: Waste Act (Chapter 2, Sec 6)  Minister required to establish NWMS within 2 years of the Act coming into effect  NWMS is a tool to achieve the objects of the Waste Act  Government-wide strategy  To be reviewed every 5 years  Implemented through an action plan with activities for government, business, and civil society 33

4. CONTEXT FOR THE NWMS  Socio-economic and demographic context  Urbanisation, unemployment and population growth impact on future waste trends and waste service provision  Total expenditure is estimated at approx. R10 billion per annum  Underlines importance of waste minimisation strategies and  Also highlights economic potential of waste sector  Waste collection and recycling industries make large contributions to job creation and GDP, with potential to expand this further  The NWMS must integrate:  objectives of environmental sustainability and achievement of the waste management hierarchy, with  broader transformation and development objectives of improved public health, economic development, poverty alleviation 44

5. STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS  Inception phase (Mar to May ’09):  NWMS framework developed  Consultation with stakeholders, including on-line consultation via website  Baseline research phase (June to Sept ‘09):  Five research papers prepared on key themes  Papers published for comment via website  Research conference held with key stakeholders  Strategy formulation phase (Oct to Dec ’09):  Synthesis paper summarised key issues  Consultation and comments on synthesis paper  First draft NWMS prepared  Consultation and finalisation phase (June ‘10 to May ’11):  Draft NWMS published for comment for 60 days- June ’10  Workshops with stakeholders in all provinces  Assimilation of comments and final draft  Approved by Cabinet in November 2011  Published for implementation in May 2012 55

6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS  Stakeholder engagement throughout the development of the NWMS  PSC - Consisting of Govt Depts, Municipalities, SALGA, Business, Labour, NGO’s, Professional body (IWMSA), Research institutions and key experts in waste management  Numerous workshops held:  Provincial workshops hosted by Provincial environment departments in all 9 Provinces  Sectoral workshops  Local authorities  Organised labour  Business  NGOs  Recyclers  Bi-lateral engagements with key national departments 66

7. SUMMARY OF KEY ISSUES Definition of waste and related concepts “waste” means any substance, whether or not that substance can be reduced, re- used, recycled and recovered – (a) that is surplus, unwanted, rejected, discarded, abandoned or disposed of; (b) which the generator has no further use of for the purposes of production ; (c) that must be treated or disposed of; or (d) that is identified as a waste by the Minister by notice in the Gazette, and includes waste generated by the mining, medical or other sector; but – (i) a by-product is not considered waste; and (ii) any portion of waste, once re-used, recycled and recovered, ceases to be waste.” 77

8. SUMMARY OF KEY ISSUES Definition of waste and related concepts Questions on when what is waste? When does waste cease to be waste? The Department developed an interpretation of the definition of waste and explained when waste ceases to be waste Points to consider: What is not waste? The following is not regarded as waste for the purposes of the Act: A by-product as defined in the Act is not waste; Any portion of waste, once re-used, recycled or recovered. Does the value of a substance determine whether it is a waste or not? NO 88

9. SUMMARY OF KEY ISSUES Implementation of the Waste Hierarchy The role of municipalities in implementing the waste hierarchy The DEA engaged with SALGA to resolve the issue. Municipalities are required to provide waste collection services, in doing so, they could separate waste at source, thus contributing to the waste hierarchy 99

10. SUMMARY OF KEY ISSUES Waste to energy and incineration Some stakeholders were opposed to incineration technologies and wanted them banned The Act and the NWMS does not prescribe what technologies should be used in handling waste, its about compliance with conditions of authorisations Certain waste streams require certain technologies, e.g. it is not environmentally sound to landfill health care risk waste. In the implementation of the waste hierarchy, the priority is given to reuse and recycling before recovery of energy from waste, so that recycling, which employs many people always has supply of waste. 1010

11. SUMMARY OF KEY ISSUES Remediation of contaminated land Where would government get funds from to remediate orphaned sites The NWMS proposes a remediation fund that will be used to remediate abandoned contaminated sites. The are continuing consultations with National Treasury on how to establish the fund 1111

12. GOALS & TARGETS OF THE NWMS  The NWMS is structured around a framework of eight (8) goals to be achieved by 2016 Goal 1: Promote waste minimization, reuse, recycling and recovery of waste Targets:  25% of recyclables diverted from sites for re-use, recycling or recovery  All metropolitan municipalities, secondary cities and large towns have initiated separation at source programmes Goal 2: Ensure the effective and efficient delivery of waste services Targets:  95% of urban households and 75% of rural households have access to adequate levels of waste collection services.  80% of waste disposal sites have permits 1212

13. GOALS & TARGETS CONT…. Goal 3: Grow the contribution of the waste sector to the green economy Targets:  69 000 new jobs created in the waste sector  2 600 additional SMEs and cooperatives participating in waste service delivery and recycling Goal 4: Ensure that people are aware of the impact of waste on their health, well- being and the environment Targets:  80% of municipalities running local awareness campaigns.  80% of schools implementing waste awareness programmes 1313

14. GOALS & TARGETS CONT…. Goal 5: Achieve integrated waste management planning Targets:  All municipalities have integrated their IWMPs with their IDPs, and have met the targets set in IWMPs  All waste management facilities required to report to SAWIS have waste quantification systems that report information to WIS Goal 6: Ensure sound budgeting and financial management for waste services Target:  All municipalities that provide waste services have conducted full-cost accounting for waste services and have implemented cost reflective tariffs 1414

15. GOALS & TARGETS CONT…. Goal 7: Provide measures to remediate contaminated land Targets:  Assessment complete for 80% of sites reported to the contaminated land register.  Remediation plans approved for 50% of confirmed contaminated sites Goal 8: Establish effective compliance with and enforcement of the Waste Act Targets:  50% increase in the number of successful enforcement actions against noncompliant activities.  800 EMIs appointed in the three spheres of government to enforce the Waste Act 1515

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