On 5 May 2021 the Regulations Regarding Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR Regs) came into force under the Waste Act. On the same day, the second round of amendments to the EPR Regs were finally published after extensive consultation with the...
On 5 April 2019, the Minister of Environmental Affairs gave notice of her intention to require any person who lawfully conducted a hazardous waste management activity on 1 July 2009, when the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008...
The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of SA (Redisa) says it is committed to reviving its operations following the finding by the Supreme Court of Appeal that it was the subject of a campaign to ruin the programme. On 24 January 2019,...
As the pollution of rivers and dams takes the spotlight for water month, the ROSE Foundation is calling on South Africans to store and recycle used oil responsibly. The water infrastructure in many South African towns and cities is already under...
South Africa generates an average of 120 million litres of used lubricant oil in a year. While many workshops may be disposing of their used lubricating oil correctly, this is not always the case for other oil related waste. Used lubricating oil is...
The ROSE Foundation is calling on South African businesses to dispose of used oil responsibly as it fears that water contamination is threatening the country’s already dwindling water resources. While old infrastructure and a backlog in services...
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has confirmed that the Green Scorpions executed a search warrant at the Solid Waste Technologies’ City Deep, Johannesburg, processing facility last month. The company has been prosecuted in the past for...
In this paper, we reflect on the experiences and challenges of a waste management planner in Cape Town between 2005 and 2013 through the lenses of systems dynamics and of stakeholder complexity. Since the new Waste Act was promulgated in 2008, a...
On Monday 14 October the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, officially opened the 4th Waste Management Khoro at the Olive Convention Centre in Durban. The Waste Management Khoro took place from 14 to 16 October...
