11 SACN REFERENCE GROUP 07 AUGUST

LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT Constitution –Section 24 (b) of the Constitution: All South Africans have a Constitutional right to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being, and to have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future generations –Part B of Schedule 5 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa allocates the responsibilities of providing waste management services to local government. 2

LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT Waste Act –Section (3) states that all organs of states must follow the Waste hierarchy in fulfilling the waste management obligations i.e. reduce, re-use, recycle, treat and then disposal –Section (9) (2) States that Municipalities when providing waste services must Comply with all National and Provincial norms and standards Integrate the waste management plans (IWMP) with the integrated development plans (IDP); ensuring access to all communities Be affordable sustainable keeping separate financial statements, including a balance sheet of the services provided. 3

LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT Waste Act – Section 10 –Section 10 (3) Each municipality must designate in writing a Waste Management Officer (WMO) from its administration to be responsible for co-ordinating matters pertaining to waste management in that municipality and in accordance to the National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS). –Section (5) (a) Each municipality must submit its integrated waste management plan (IWMP) to the MEC for approval and include the IWMP in the IDP as a sector plan for waste management Municipal Systems Act –Section 26 (d) The IDP must be aligned with national or provincial sectoral plans and planning requirements binding on the municipality in terms of legislation; 4

NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, GOAL 1: Promote waste minimization, re-use, recycling and recovery of waste. Targets (2016):  25% of recyclables diverted from landfill sites for re-use, recycling or recovery.  All metropolitan municipalities, secondary cities and large towns have initiated separation at source programmes.  Achievement of waste reduction and recycling targets set in IndWMPs for paper and packaging, pesticides, lighting (CFLs) and tyres industries. Progress  Currently 10% of waste diverted from landfill.  Some Metros and secondary cities have piloted separation at source.  DEA will also be piloting further separation at source in selected municipalities as part of the youth jobs in waste programme.  One IWMP for waste tyres approved by the Minister in November 2012 and is currently in implementation. Other waste streams to follow in future.  A model waste by-law has been developed to assist municipalities to develop their own.  DEA has commissioned a study to look at waste to energy status quo with a view to implementing a waste to energy flagship project.

NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, GOAL 1: Promote waste minimization, re-use, recycling and recovery of waste. Challenges:  Delays in the development and implementation of Industry Waste Management Plans will delay implementation and reporting on the diversion targets.  Separation at source requires infrastructure and equipment investments.

NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, GOAL 2: Ensure the effective and efficient delivery of waste services. Targets (2016):  95% of urban households have access to adequate levels of waste collection services.  80% of waste disposal sites have permits. Progress  Census 2011 shows waste service delivery to be 62,1  DEA study 2012/13 shows waste service delivery to be 65%  There were 341 unlicensed disposal sites in SA in Currently 122 of them have been licensed.  DEA funded the licensing of 56 sites in 2012/13.  In 2013/14 DEA will fund an additional 15 sites. Challenges Waste services data is not aligned to the National Domestic Waste Collection Standards. Regular and consistent reporting to ensure reliability of the data Municipalities not submitting licensing applications

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NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, GOAL 3: Grow the contribution of the waste sector to the green economy Targets (2016):  new jobs created in the waste sector  additional SMEs and cooperatives participated in waste services delivery and recycling. Progress Currently the recorded number of formal Jobs in the Waste sector is (DEA 2012/13) Through the Youth Jobs in Waste (YJW) an estimated 1000 youth will be employed in 5 provinces i.e. Free State and North West (All Municipalities), KZN, Limpopo and EC (Selected Municipalities). Through the waste tyre IWMP an estimated 10, 000 jobs will be created over a 5 year period.

10 GOAL 3: Grow the contribution of the waste sector to the green economy Challenges Currently there is no record of the number of informal Jobs in the Waste sector. Different Departments and role players contribute to the creation of jobs in this sector. However, there is no system to consolidate and monitor all the Jobs created. NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, 2012

11 GOAL 4: Ensure that people are aware of the impact of waste on their health, well-being and the environment. Targets (2016):  80% of municipalities running local awareness campaigns.  80% of school implementing waste awareness programmes. Progress DEA will undertake an awareness programme as part of the Youth Jobs in Waste Project. DEA will develop a recycling guideline for schools. Indaloyethu initiated awareness programmes on waste (Make Mzansi beautiful). DEA has been running a councillor training for the past 2 financial years (2011/12 – 248; 2012/ councillors). Another training was conducted in 2012/13 for the CFOs and relevant Directors (237 officials). NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, 2012

12 GOAL 4: Ensure that people are aware of the impact of waste on their health, well-being and the environment. Challenges Lack of funds. Winding up of Indaloyethu. Poor attendance for the planned training programmes. NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, 2012

13 GOAL 5: Achieve integrated waste management planning. Targets (2016):  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. Progress DEA has commissioned the development of 5 District municipal IWMPs (John Taolo Gaetsewe, Pixley ka Seme, Sedibeng, Namakwa, Gert Sibande) in 2012/13. DEA will commission a further 5 district municipal IWMPs this financial year. DEA has also developed an IWMP portal to assist municipalities to develop their IWMPs. Challenges: Lack of funds for the development of IWMPs. Poor IWMPs. Lack of reporting on the SAWIC by municipalities. NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, 2012

14 GOAL 6: Ensure sound budgeting and financial management for waste services. Targets (2016):  All municipalities that provide waste services have conducted full-cost accounting for waste services and have implemented cost reflective tariffs. Progress DEA developed a tariff model, strategy and guideline document to assist municipalities to conduct full cost accounting and cost reflective tariffs. Training given to 357 officials. Challenges: Lack of uptake from the municipalities. NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, 2012

15 GOAL 7: Provide measures to remediate contaminated land. Targets (2016):  Assessment complete for 80% of sites reported to the contaminated land register.  Remediation plans approved for 50% of confirmed contaminated sites. Progress: Norms and standards were gazetted for commenting and will be gazetted for implementation. GIS database for contaminated land in the country developed. NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, 2012

DESIGNATIONS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT OFFICERS 16 Province Designation of WMO Limpopo10 Western Cape14 North West14 Free State23 Northern Cape3 KwaZulu-Natal19 Mpumalanga2 Gauteng9 Eastern Cape7 TOTAL101

CONCLUSION Municipalities are encouraged to: License the unlicensed waste disposal site Designate WMO Use IWMP’s as a tool for waste planning Use the tools developed by the DEA (e.g. Tariff model, IWMP portal, Model by-law) Contact DEA for further assistance or recommendations on further interventions. 17

THANK YOU! Malcolm Mogotsi Director : Municipal Waste Support Tel: 012 – /