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Minutes: Gauteng Waste Management Forum: 14 July 2016

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Meeting Details:

Date: 14 July 2016

Time: 08h30 – 15:00

Venue: Turfontein Race Course (Johannesburg)

Name Surname Company E-mail

1 Clarence Hamman (CH) TEDCOR [email protected]

2 Koebu Khalema (KK) Africa Institute [email protected]

3 Mpho Kadi (MK) GDARD [email protected]

4 Takalani Mavhunga (TM) GDARD [email protected]

5 Boniswa Belot (BB) GDARD [email protected]

6 Suku Mali(SM) Midvaal Local

Municipality

[email protected]

7 Mashudu Nndwammbi

(MN)

GDARD [email protected]

8 Zingisa Smale (ZS) GDARD [email protected]

9 Dean Evans (DE) UD Madikan [email protected]

10 Nozipho Litabe (NL) Siyawavuma [email protected]

11 Zakhele Mdlalose (ZM) DTI [email protected]

12 Lettah Koki (LK) South Deep Gold

Mine

[email protected]

13 Paul Toana (PT) Growthics

Environment

[email protected]

14 Darryl Alkock (DA) Rappa Holdings [email protected]

15 Eksteen Van Wyk (EW) GDARD [email protected]

16 Salphina Bilankulu (SB) GDARD [email protected]

17 Innocent Godo (IG) TGRC [email protected]

18 Dineo Mokolo (DM) GDARD [email protected]

19 Baldwin Mahatlani (BM) GDARD [email protected]

20 Musa Ntsanwisi (MN) GDARD [email protected]

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21 Refiloe Molema (RM) GDARD [email protected]

22 Loyiso Mkwana (LM) GDARD [email protected]

23 Cikizwa Fololewe (CF) NGO [email protected]

24 Veronia Mahlatjie (VM) Balusi Communal

Solution

[email protected]

25 Makhosazana Baker (KB) CoJ: Waste [email protected]

26 Alfred Mofokeng (AM) Batho Pele [email protected]

27 Fairuz Gassiep (FG) GDARD [email protected]

28 Christa Venter (CV) Pikitup [email protected],za

29 Neliswa Sibenya (NS) GDARD [email protected]

30 Amanda Ndlazi (AN) Ndlazi Recycling and

Energy Solutions

[email protected]

31 Noelene Zulu (NZ) GDARD [email protected]

32 Patricia Schroder (PS) Reclite [email protected]

33 Pfumelani Sibambo (PS) Gauteng Department

of Health

[email protected]

34 Jabulani Dlamini (JD) Sidingulwazi

Holdings

[email protected]

35 Eddy Tshabalala (ET) DEA:SDM [email protected]/Etshabalala@envir

onment.gov.za

36 Tondani Tshikolomo (TT) GDARD [email protected]

37 Basani Ndindani (BN) GDARD [email protected]

38 Tshipio TMS [email protected]

39 Dora Madipa (DM) Sinokukhanya

COOP

[email protected]

40 Elsina Hoane (EH) Sinokukhanya COOP

41 Kainos Hove (KH) GDARD [email protected]

42 Joseph Mokoena (JM) Gap TB Trading-P

COOP

[email protected]

43 Gladys Mokolo (GM) Itsoseng Women’s

Project

[email protected]












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44 Neliswa Ncanywa (NN) Siphumelele

45 Matlhodi Malope (MM) GDARD [email protected]

46 Nkululeko Ndyambo (NN) Eco Trading [email protected]

47 Avasha Papa (AP) GDARD [email protected]

48 Isaac Qaba NGO

49 Mapasa Moabelo (MM) Moqaka Waste

COOP

50 Khale Hosia (KH) Phaphamang COOP

51 Daniel Tamamane (DT) Kofifi Waste

Recycling

[email protected]

52 Sibusiso Singo (SS) Recycling Metals [email protected]

53 Jabulani Mathambo (JM) Brilliant Recyclers [email protected]

54 Lerato Phejane (LP) Brilliant Recyclers [email protected]

55 Bongani Mpambani (BM) Brilliant Recyclers [email protected]

56 Grant Baben(GB) OSS [email protected]

57 Simphiwe Memela(SM) COJ [email protected]

58 Jacob Legadima (JL) GDARD [email protected]

59 Fhatuwani Tshikovhi (FT) GDARD [email protected]

60 Malcolm Whitehouse (WM) Africa E-Waste (Pty)

Ltd

[email protected]

61 Tshifaro Nemakundani(TN) South Deep Gold

Mine

[email protected]

62 Nomsa Sekhotha (NS) GDARD [email protected]

63 Smangele Dlamini (SN) GDARD [email protected]

64 Vhutshilo Netshifhire (VM) GDARD [email protected]

65 Khensani Mahatlaini (KM) GDARD [email protected]

66 Ruth Mokoena (RM) GDARD [email protected]

67 Neo Morare (NM) Enviro-Pushers [email protected]

68 Sisonke Ngceba (SN) Sonke Welding and

Suppliers

[email protected]

69 John Borcherds (JB) B-Waste [email protected]























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70 Marium Borcherds (MB) B-Waste [email protected]

71 Rhulani Chauke (RC) GDARD [email protected]

72 Jacob Motloung (JM) Leihlo la Afrika

COOP

[email protected]

73 Musa Chamane (MC) Ground Work [email protected]

74 Sabelo Gumede (SG) PTY [email protected]

75 Paul Brits (PB) Gauteng Dept. Health [email protected]

76 Sharon Thobagale (ST) PIKITUP [email protected]

77 Fumane Rakaibe (FR) WRDM [email protected]

78 Delisa Matshilana (DM) Sinokuhkanya Waste

Recycling

79 Jeanette Radebe (JR) Sinokukhanya Waste

Recycling

80 Simphiwe Mbatha(SM) NDPW [email protected]

81 Emmanuel Takalani (ET) GDARD [email protected]

82 Stephen Mokoena(SM) Gap-T.B Trading

83 Lilly-Girl Hentcho (LH) D&H Recycling and

Waste Management

[email protected]

84 Lerato Mphatswe (LM) Sephumelele

85 Hendrick Gomba (HG) Ithubalethu Waste [email protected]

86 Eric Phiri (EP) Thokoza -EcoTrading [email protected]

87 Cosmos Tlou (CT) Social Infor COOP

88 Sipho Komane (SK) Socio Infor COOP [email protected]

89 Dominic Nyokana (DN) MCLM [email protected]

90 Bernice Somo (BS) ELM [email protected]

91 Malebo Modiba (MM) Landfill Consult [email protected]

92 Maria Radebe (MR) ELM [email protected]

93 I.S Gwebu (ISG) Stafford MRF [email protected]

94 Ian Barnard (IB) Stafford MRF [email protected]

95 Daphney Makgothi (DM) Kofifi Waste




















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Management

96 Fikile Nhlabathi (FN) Balusi Communal

Solutions

[email protected]

97 Angeline Maluleka (EM) Balusi Communal

Solutiopns

98 Sebastian Hain (SH) Esizwe Enviro

Solutions

[email protected]

99 Sam Matsela(SM) Bathopele [email protected]

100 Thabang Mokoena(TM) GDARD [email protected]

101 Suzan Oeloftse (SO) CSIR [email protected]

102 Sipho Ndlazi (SN) Ndlazi Recycling [email protected]

103 Wilmarie Coertzen (WC) Tiger Chemicals [email protected]

104 Tshifhiwa Munzhelele (TM) GDARD [email protected]

105 Suzan Raboshaba (SR) GDARD [email protected]

106 Junita Malope (JM) GDOH [email protected]

107 Vanessa Mpyatona (VM) PIKITUP [email protected]

108 Wiseman Mzimba (WM) Mogale City

Municipality

[email protected]

109 Susan Stoffberg (SS) WRDM [email protected]

110 Mpumelelo Mbata (MM) Moqaka COOP [email protected]

111 Priscilla Pitiersen (PP) GDARD [email protected]

112 Bronwyn Jones (BJ) Bokashi Bran [email protected]

113 Musa Zwane (MZ) WRDM [email protected]

114 Alfred Ndhlovu (AN) Ukuhle CC [email protected]

115 Teis Mokoena(TM) Gap-TB Trading [email protected]

116 Cynthia Chabalala (CC) GDARD [email protected]

117 Lindokuhle Njoko (LN) GDARD Lindokuhle,[email protected]

118 Ituleng Mogatusi Growndwork [email protected]

119 Z Gudu (ZG) Siphumelele [email protected]

120 Sifiso Ngobese (SG) Unconventional [email protected]
















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Media

121 Sipho Bhembe (SB) Tokoza Eco Trading [email protected]

122 Phiki Motshweneng

(PM)

Lesedi Local

Municipality

[email protected]

123 Ntsoaki Letoane (TL) Moquaka Waste

124 Maneo Mareleide (MM) Moquaka Waste

125 Phathu Mulaudzi (PM) Moquaka Waste

126 Simangaliso Vilakazi (SV) Balusi Communial

Solutions

[email protected]

127 Vusumuzi Khumalo (VK) Enviro - Pushers [email protected]

128 Vicent Hain (VH) Esizwe Enviro

Solution

[email protected]

129 Tankiso L Nnete (TN) Leihlo la Afrika

COOP

[email protected]

130 Sandile Skosana (SS) GDARD [email protected]

131 Eric Mulibana (EM) GDARD [email protected]

132 Maria Kgophola (MK) MEGA [email protected]

133 Maanda Ndou (MN) GDARD [email protected]

134 Pinkie Mojapelo (PM) GDARD [email protected]

135 Romeo Mulaudzi (RM) Duvha Spatial

Solutions

[email protected]

136 Seromo Mofokeng(SM) Lancet Laboratories [email protected]

137 Lordwick Mogohlwa (LM) GDOH [email protected]

138 Dinah Mina (DM) PIKITUP [email protected]

139 Sindiswa Xhaso (SX) Sidingulwazi [email protected]

140 Thuli Siboli (TS) Enstra Paper [email protected]

141 Neil Brick (NB) Enviro Serv [email protected]

142 Peace Mohloboli (PM) Bidvest In [email protected]

143 Malehlohonolo Molefi (MM) Sinokukhanya [email protected]

144 Welheminah Mavimbela (WM) Sinokukhanya




















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145 Vuyisa Mredlane (VM) GDARD [email protected]

146 Dalton Mutshinya (DM) PIKITUP [email protected]

147 Jonathan Malivha (JM) GDARD [email protected]

148 Nolubabalo Solomon (NS) GDARD [email protected]

149 Somesh Rastogi (SR) EXTRUPET PTY

LTD

[email protected]

150 Belinda Booker (BB) PETCO [email protected]

151 John Des Lignes (JL) Probiotics Recycling [email protected]

152 Thya Pather (TP) DWA [email protected]

153 Pumza Ndlebe (PN) GDARD [email protected]

154 Mandisa Phosa (MP) ELM [email protected]

155 Rofhiwa Mabadzhe (RM) GDARD [email protected]

156 Alvin Buhluwau (AB) Gap TB Trading coop [email protected]

157 Thira Dukada (TD) D&H Recycling

&Waste Management

[email protected]

158 Philippe Hentcho (PH) D&H Recycling &

Waste Management

[email protected]

159 Amos Dube (AD) Siphumelele

Recycling

160 Sipho Radebe (SR) Thokoza Eco Trading [email protected]

161 Nikiwe Mfene (NM) Social Infor COOP [email protected]

162 Marriam Mokoena (MM) Phaphamang Env.

Org

163 Jwalane Mofokeng (JM) PEO

164 Muthibi Mofokeng (MM) PEO

165 Nkhumeleni Rammbasa (NR) GDARD [email protected]

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166 Pheko Mofokeng (PM) Pheko Skills

Development Ad

[email protected],za

167 Felicity Raseleka (FR) ELM [email protected]














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168 Linki Khubayi (LK) NGO [email protected]

169 Nonceba Damane (ND) Tshikovha Env.

Consulting

170 Thabo Moletsane (TM) Siyabavuma [email protected]

171 Lihle Mqayi (LM) Rose Foundation [email protected]





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Item Status / Actions Responsibility

1. National Anthem and Opening Prayer: All

The programme director Mr. Emmanuel Takalani welcomed everybody and set the

ground rules to be observed for that day.

The event was opened by singing a national anthem and a silent prayer.

2. Welcome and introductions: The Director: GDARD Pollution and Waste

Management – Ms. Zingisa Smale (ZS)

ZS welcomed representatives from Industries, Municipalities, Research

Institutions, Academia, Waste Management Entrepreneur, Waste Co-operatives,

Non- Governmental Organisations, National and Provincial Officials , including

Department of Health, Department of Water Affairs, officials from other

directorates within the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and

everyone present;

ZS requested everybody to introduce themselves.

Highlighted the purpose of the waste forum meetings ; which was to strengthen

the cooperative governance on waste management in the province, to present a

communication platform between GDARD and Local Government, Industries and

Non-Governmental Organisations on waste management issues; to share

information on waste management best practices and to provide platform for

networking.

However indicated that this particular Waste Forum was to discuss the issue of

Hazardous Waste Management impots into the Gauteng Province.

3. Key note address: The Chief Director: GDARD Sustainable Use of the

Environment (SUE) Branch – Mr. Loyiso Mkwana (LM)

LM acknowledged the presence of the GDARD Head of Department, Deputy

Director General, Transversal, NGOs, industries, academia, businesses, research

institutions, municipalities and everybody present at the forum. Further extended

acknowledgement of waste management offers in all spheres of government and

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He again highlighted the purpose of the meeting.

He indicated that the specific focus of the day today was on the issue of import and

export of hazardous waste into Gauteng that has been picked up from Gauteng

Waste Information System (GWIS).

Encouraged people to think local whilst acting globally.

He highlighted that there were laws and was a system in South Africa. That

Gauteng has a reliable waste information system that is able to see trends, streams

and the movement of waste that comes in and out of the province.

He indicated that the global leaders had a dialogue on 25 September 2015 where

they had a significant outcome; whish was the adoption of sustainable

development goals (SDGs). SDGs replace the MDGs with long term up to 2030.

He further indicated that the global leaders acknowledged that in order to address

global challenges (hunger, poor access to sanitation, water, etc) that cannot be

achieved without partnership, therefore partnership is the instrument that can be

used to achieve these challenges.

He indicated that it was very important that everybody must participate in order to

achieve goals set out at the global, provincial and local level.

He further stated that:

On the National Development Plan (NDP) the blue print of the Republic in chapter

5 says as a country in 2030 there must be a transition to low carbon economy and

resilience future.

Currently the South African economy is very carbon intensive. There is a plan to

achieve a decarbonised economy, importantly to move South Africa to achieve that

decarbonised economy the NDP says that an absolute reduction of waste must be

realised.

The issue of recycling is very important.

On the 8th -9

th of June 2016 The premier launched the Gauteng Economy Plan. The

theme was Partnership. If we are to grow the economy of the country, partnership


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in sustainable economy growth and inclusive is very important.

Acknowledged the expertise from academia, institutions, industries, etc that the

state must not duplicated but through partnership sustainable development can be

achieved.

Emphasise that the State has a duty to take measures to prevent pollution,

environmental degradation and promote sustainable development.

Gauteng is a highly urbanised and industrialised province but there is a challenge

of waste. It is very important for the province to deal with both general and

hazardous waste and more particular hazardous waste.

Gauteng is receiving a huge amount of hazardous waste that includes WEEE,

electronics, PCBs, etc for recycling, recovery and treatment and disposal from

other countries such as Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Ghana, etc

Partnership with NGOs, local government, private sectors is needed to take action

to protect people of Gauteng is required.

Many who deal with this waste are people who do not know the streams and

toxicity of hazardous waste and are thus vulnerable.

Awareness must be done to vulnerable Gauteng communities about the risks of

hazardous waste to their health and to the environment.

These people have a right to an environment that is not harmful to themselves and

to their wellbeing.

They State has a duty to take measures to protect people from environmental harm.

The State must also protect the waste sector players from legal issues that may

emanate from this waste by sharing information, including relevant legislation.

The State and waste industry weigh the impact versus benefit of hazardous waste

imports now and into the future - .

The Gauteng province must take active and decisive action to protect its citizens.

LM posed questions:

Why do we need the import of hazardous in the country?

Which countries are these wastes coming from?

Why is this cheaper for those countries to transport waste to Gauteng?

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Why is it financial viable for waste from another African countries (SADC) to be

shipped into Gauteng?

What are the standards of treatment of waste in the countries that the waste is

generated from?

Given the cost of hazardous waste imports , why is it beneficial to companies who

generate the waste to ship it to South Africa?

What are the risks involved?

What are the mitigation measures in place to deal with the social, economic and

environmental negative impacts?

How many jobs were created from imported hazardous waste?

The challenging part of it is that the precious materials from the waste is returned

back to countries where these waste is coming from and the un-used waste remains

for the country as an environmental legacy to deal with it.

There are high risks of for example mercury, lead , arsenic and other toxic

chemicals from these hazardous waste.

In conclusion LM highlighted that this meeting is a start of a dialogue to deal with

this matter and to take decisive actions to protect the people of Gauteng

Partnership for Sustainable Development is required in doing so.\

4.Presentation on Import of Hazardous Waste into Gauteng Province: Ms

Zingisa Smale (ZS)

ZS indicated that:

The size of Gauteng is small with quarter of people of South Africa staying in

Gauteng.

The size of Gauteng is small.

34 % contribution to the GDP of South Africa.

45% of municipal waste is produced from Gauteng.

19.5 million tons in total of waste reported in GWIS.

14.23 million tons is general waste and 5.22 million is hazardous waste.

The province has competing land uses and people that are in environmental


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planning are challenged on where to put houses, industries, commercials, etc.

Some former mining have been sterilised due to acid mine drainage.

There are constraints in our metropolitan municipalities for landfill airspace.

Waste management has been identified to create jobs but - what type of jobs and

how risky are they?

There has been a marked increase of import of hazardous waste from the SADC -

Botswana, Lesotho, DRC, Ivory Coast, Namibia, Mozambique, Mauritius, etc.

Gauteng has two declared Air Quality priority areas due to industrial pollution

Waste recycled increased in 2013; that is good.Hazardous waste recycling has

increased in 2015. Landfilling of General waste has reduced in 2015.

The question is where does the rest of contaminated waste from recycling

hazardous waste go?

The National DEA Minister called for industrial waste management plans and this

is an opportunity for the Gauteng province to influence the sector.

Globally, 2 pieces of legislation for collection for free of charge in order to

increase the recycling of e-waste and returning of valuable material is recognised.

There is a history of illegal dumping of waste in African countries from the EU.

When one receives waste from anywhere there must be a materials safety data

sheet but there have been imports into Gauteng that that do not have full materials

safety data sheet

Due to the risk of even radioactive waste in some of the imports, all Gauteng

Municipal Waste Management Officers must all purchase Geiger Counter to detect

radio-active waste before accepting it into the landfill site.

Burning of waste on landfill sites must be prohibited at all cost.

Some of the hazardous waste material is bio-accumulates. .

Industries that are dealing with hazardous waste must test the blood of workers

before employment and regularly to monitor lead, mercury etc.as per South

African Occupation Health and Safety Act.

There must be informed consent by workers that she/he fully knows the risk that

comes with the job of handling, treating hazardous waste in recycling facility that

deal with these hazardous waste according to the prevailing legislation.

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Gauteng does not want to find itself in a situation where it will have to deal with

the costs that would be caused by the impact of hazardous waste import.

There is a lot of e-waste in our homes and offices which need to be dealt with, why

is there a need of taking this waste elsewhere instead of dealing with that already

generated in the country?

What is the cost to communities socially? Environmentally? To health both in

short and long-term?

How many jobs were created with this tons of hazardous waste imported into the

country?

Confirmation of the origin of this hazardous waste needs to be done.

Having hazardous waste all over increases risks to the health and the environment.

Cost of remediating environmental and adverse health effects must be in place..

Gauteng is taking a preventative measure, hence there is a forum.

Unfortunately two waste industry organisations that import waste did not

accept the invitation to present at the forum in order to clarify these issues.

An e-waste association had accepted invitation to present but also did not

come to the forum.

Questions and Comments

a) Vusimuzi Khumalo - EnviroPushers

Thanked GDARD for opportunity to be part of the discussion. He commended

Mr. Loyiso Mkwana when he said that the Department must not outlined the

NGOs on its programme for empowering small and medium enterprises.

b) Mr. Musa Chamane - Ground Work - Waste Campaign Manager:

What is the position of Gauteng on the 2700 tons of mercury that had

been stored in Kwa-Zulu Natal, because there is a plan that they might

be shipped into Britain or at Thermal plant in Gauteng province?

It is very important to break down the terminology by defining them.

Thermal treatment is essentially waste incineration.

c) Sisonke – Welding holdings

There is a huge challenge that the province is facing; the solution is to bring all

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stakeholders such as, scrap metals industries, mining explosive companies,

mine refineries, agricultural fertilisers industries in the forum.

d) Simpiwe Memela – CoJ

Proposed that the province promulgate extended producer responsibility

regulation that will allow the municipalities to monitor and get information on

who are the producers and get data of where is waste coming from.

Responses ZS

a) Noted.

b) ZS indicated that to the matter will be escalated into IGR meeting so that it

can be escalated to National level.

In terms of definitions will be provided at in future.

c) With regards with chemical and pesticides will engage with the National

department.

d) Noted.

LM about three month ago the department has started compiling a database of

NGOs Cooperatives and small and medium enterprises specifically on the

waste recycling space. It is easier to deal with organised group than with

individuals, therefore; people must complete the register so that the

information can be included in the database.

He further indicated that it not easy to deal with Abomagereza because they

are busy every day. The municipality must increase the capacity space at their

areas.

5. Presentation from Air Quality – Air Quality Director and Gauteng Provincial

Air Quality Officer : Mr. Jacob Legadima (JL)

JL indicated that he will be presenting about managing industrial activities

especially around hazardous waste.

He further indicated that:

These industries that are dealing with hazardous waste fall under listed activity and

they require air emission licences to operate.

Air is very important like water, because if the air is polluted it can cause death

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and negative impacts in the environment and human beings.

Air quality in Gauteng is very poor; therefore government, stakeholders and

industries must take measures to protect it.

The technologies need to be used to further prevent deterioration of air quality.

The air quality is regulated under NEM: Air quality Act no.39 of 2004.

One of the priorities in air quality is to develop measures to ensure that there is

clean air.

Air emission licences must be obtained by the industries.

The air emissions must not come out of the range because of the results on the

deterioration of air quality.

There are special arrangements on government notice no. 777 for hazardous

treatment facility under thermal treatment and the conditions set out in the Air

Quality Licence

The treatment is done at the temperature of 1200 degrees – 1500 degrees Celsius

for some toxic waste such as mercury, lead, etc.

Monitoring of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, etc must be done for 24hrs in

stacks and the gas that comes out must be below 200degrees Celsius.

Detection of heavy metals is also done in the filter where it is taken to an

accredited laboratory for detection.

Some emissions from hazardous waste can reduce human life span.

Environmental degradation, aquatic life and corrosion of infrastructure can happen

due to the emissions from hazardous waste.

The increase in pollution level can contribute to negative impacts on the climate

change and socio-economic issues.

The management and treatment of hazardous waste is very expensive to comply

with.

Tshwane is in between the two priority areas of which it is at a high risk of being

declared the third priority area.

Conclusion

Gauteng Air is already very polluted, the import and treatment of hazardous

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waste to is not supported.

Questions and comments

a) ZS – provided the definition of the word treatment: is the process that is done

to reduce the hazards of a particular waste before disposal.

b) Tumeleng–Ground Works

How do you monitor the persistence of organic pollutants substance in the

incineration process?

Do you have capacity to conduct monitoring?

How is the alignment of the provincial conditions in the Air quality licence

with that of the National?

c) Jubulani Dlamini- Sidingulwazi

How do you monitor the gas that ends up in the air?

d) What is the progress of staking in those companies, and how the communities

react? Is there any awareness that has been done by Department of

Environmental Affairs with these communities to make them understand the

issue of pollution in their areas?

Answers

b) The industries that have stacks must conduct monitoring on quarterly basis

and submit a report to the district and metropolitan municipalities, failure to

do that is a non-compliance with the condition set in the Air Quality Licence.

GDARD Air quality officials also do site inspection in those industries.

c) With the emissions that end up in the air, the government has ambient air

emission standards that the facility needs to comply with. Weather station are

used together with air monitoring station to trace direction from which

emission are coming. The detected direction of emission is visited by the

officials to conduct inspection and to correlate the emission from the stack

and ambient air

d) Before the Air Licence is issued there is a procedure that is followed. The

industry do a presentation to the department and a site inspection is conducted

by GDARD air quality officials.

All the priority regions declared have Air quality Management Plan. A tasks


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team and community committee has been set to monitor the implementation

of plan.

Pulp and paper is a listed activity there for it requires an Air quality Licence.

6. Presentation from Reclite – Import of hazardous waste: Ms. Patricia Schroder

(PS)

The facility collects and recovers all lighting waste such as fluorescent tubes, CFs,

LED, HID, etc. to recycle.

It is a permitted HH facility that accepts crushed tubes.

It recycles lamps to divert them from landfill sites, and also create jobs,

The hazardous material in a lamp is mercury.

Reclite offers training to workers that handle, package and recycle this type of

waste stream for the recycling process.

Reclite recycle imported waste because of the lack of hazardous landfills in the

neighbouring countries.

No alternatives available for waste reduction (no green solutions available).

Countries exporting hazardous waste to Reclite are Lesotho with 360 tons of

CFL’s to date and Swaziland where 2 tons per month are received. Namibia

projected 5 tons per month. Mozambique has sent a request to send its own to

Reclite recycling facility.

These countries have no funding for this kind of recycling.

Risks of hazardous waste if not managed properly are very high because

contaminate can sink down the soil and into water bodies.

Toxins can penetrate through soil into ground water if it landfilled.

High safety risk to people who crushes it is required.

Mitigation measures of risks are as follows; do not landfill, do not crush, store in

safe containers in dry areas and reduce multiple handling by people.

Reclite recycling has created 2 direct jobs and 10 indirect jobs.

Benefits of importing hazardous waste into Gauteng is that it creates jobs, more

volume and more resources, less environmental impact in the global view (Africa),

create value out of the recycled products and develop new markets and to lead by


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example and show help in neighbouring countries.

Comments and Questions

a) Jabulani Dlamini -

How is the OHS of employees at the plant in terms of planning the facility,

PPE, medical surveillance policy and medical aid benefit?

b) Jacob- what is the company solution to the challenges that the country is

facing?

c) Suzan Oloftse – CSIR

Looking at the amount of waste you receive from Lesotho, Can they not set up

a small plant in their own country?

d) Musa Chamane–Ground Works

Do you know the producers of the lights and do you have relationship with

them?

e) Nomsa Sekhotha – GDARD Compliance and Enforcement

How much of recycled material that you recover from lighting waste?

How much of waste is disposed of onto the landfill site?

Is training that you do reach the large community or is for your employees

only?

How can one get hold of you?

Where are you based?

f)ZS – GDARD Pollution and Waste Management

ZS commended Reclite for being the only company in the waste industry that

accepted the invitation to present at the forum.

She enquired whether the company could not get the amount of lighting waste

from within the country instead of getting from outside the country?

How much money can you save from using the technology doing the recycling?

Confirm if the standards that are in your plant are the same with that which

Sweden is using?

Please confirm if 100% of the mercury recovered from the waste has gone out

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g) Boniswa Belot- GDARD Admin

Have you really verified that waste is coming from Lesotho . Lesotho is very

rural.

Answers by Patricia Schroder

a) The plant is an automated and operates under pressure. There is no mercury

vapour emission. Also indoor ambient monitoring is done.

They all have required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Employees are sent to Lancet laboratory for a mercury blood test before they

are employed and a yearly monitoring is conducted to all employees.

The company does contribute towards medical aid of employees, because there

is monitoring of health of employees and if a change is realised then an

employee is sent to the hospital for further medical investigation.

b) The company have to comply with the producer’s law and standards in their

countries. The plant after the call of the Minister developed the Industry Waste

Management Plan which is now with the Department of Environmental Affairs.

c) The Lesotho produces very low volumes of lighting waste. Lesotho does not

have economy scale to manage a kind of lighting waste plant.

d) The company has gone out to engage with the producers of lamps.

e) The communities are not aware of the dangers and hazards of lamps. However;

they are being trained about option to recover and recycle lighting waste

because there is no much that is coming for recycling compared to what is

manufactured.

Trainings are offered to employees, schools and to the facilities staff that they

are involved in packaging and handling of these products.

Training is offered to the clients and staff that handle waste; therefore staff

takes the information back to the communities.

Metals are sent to the local metal recyclers.

The mercury pellets goes back to the lamp producers for reuse.

The crushed florescent are disposed of at the Holfontein landfill site here in

Gauteng.

f) Yes, the standards are the same with those of Sweden plant; however the


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Reclite plant has been modified to improve feeding process. Reclite plant is one

of the top operators in the world.

g) Yes.

6. Presentation from Ground Works – Mr. Musa Chamane

Their main focus of work is on waste pickers in the country. NGO that does

environmental justice group of lawyers, scientists are involved and it works

with all government spheres.

Incineration is not the best way of dealing with waste because there will be

ash as products.

Incineration undermines recycling because in some countries they have an

agreement to bring a certain amount of waste and they end up incinerating

even recyclables.

Recycling and composting create jobs. Government need to request IWMPs

from different industries and approves then.

Dioxins are generated in incineration and they cause health problems.

In Egypt recycling has created more jobs, therefore we believe that more jobs

can be created in the country.

The waste management hierarchy encourages minimisation of waste.

Incineration creates bearers in recycling sector.

There are other waste to energy initiatives other than incineration.

There is a plan for tyres but they are being incinerated at cement

manufactures.

Grond work hopes that Gauteng is not going allow incineration of hazardous

waste that is imported into Gauteng.

Questions and comments

a) Jabulani Ndlamini- there is a need of to look on how to upskill the waste

pickers in order to grow the local economy.

b) Ms. Khosi Baker (CoJ) - surely there are many ways that can be used for

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investigate more on technologies that deals with waste to energy.

c) A request/ suggestion to the Gauteng waste management officer to have forum

where different industries can talk about different technologies that can be

used to deal with waste management.

Answers and responses

a) There are innovation ideas on waste to energy initiatives; there are 4 waste to

energy pilot projects in South Africa. However; In terms of controlling who

can benefit from electricity it is for the Government to decide. In some areas it

can happen that electricity can be generated in their areas but there is no

provision of energy.

b) Noted

c) Noted. Investigations about other waste to energy technologies were done;

therefore it is not waste incineration only.

7. Presentation from Africa Institute: Dr. Koebu khalema

Africa Institute is for the environmentally sound management of both general

and hazardous waste. A regional centre was established under Basil

Convention for the whole African regions.

The mandate of the organization is to capacitate the government to implement

its policy, bylaws, standards and legislations.

Majority of African regions do not have capacity to implement their

obligations, therefore this institute was inserted so that it can be a regional

capacity building so that countries can implement their obligations.

Solutions that are there for waste management are of the 20th century and are

not working.

All countries have been talking about waste management and they know what

is to be done.

There is a bottleneck that is preventing the implementation of the good laws in

waste management.

There is a need to acknowledge that there are problems.


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A major problem is the intergovernmental relationship in all spheres of

government.

The policies are better when they are backed up and financially supported.

There is a need of people who are committed in waste institutions.

Corruption is also a bottleneck that delays and prevents the implementation of

the waste management good laws.

Comments and questions

a) Ms. Babsi Solomon– GDARD Compliance

In government, there are dedicated officials to do their work; however it is

not easy to do work because of politics. Most of the time there are people

leaving the public sector because of politics.

b) There is a need for a strong private and public sectors partnerships.

c) Mr. Musa Chamane- Ground Works

Can you as an institute take a municipality or government to court?

Answers and responses

a) There is a need to motivate public servants to be dedicated to their work; the

more you can is to keep working because you cannot change politics. Let us

keep on doing what we are supposed to do.

b) Every forum is the right place as long as you are able to communicate to each

other.

c) The institution cannot take municipality or government to court because of

Co-operative governance issue.

ZS highlighted that the discussions on the issue of import of hazardous waste into

Gauteng Province will be presented at the MEC-MMC for intervention.

.

8. Presentation Ms Simphiwe Mbatha (SM) from National Department

Public Works:

There are different types of hazardous waste, health care risk waste,

pesticides, etc.

DEA/

GDARD

Industry

Municipalities

GDARD


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Hazardous waste can be found even at a general waste disposal site;

coming from households.

Examples of hazardous waste into South Africa, pesticides, e-waste,

mercury, etc.

Some of the hazardous waste imported into South Africa, pesticides,

mercury, e-waste, etc.

GDARD must ensure that all departments are part of the forum because

they all have role and responsibilities towards general and hazardous

waste.

There are good policies for waste management; the question is that are

they being utilized?

The enforcement is to ensure the effective compliance with provision of

regulations.

Involvement of the all departments on import of waste is required.

DEA addresses the dumping of electronic waste; in all state buildings there

is e-waste. What is happening with them?

Basil Convection banned the transportation of hazardous waste but still

there is illegal dumping.


a) None

9.Presentation from GDARD Legal services: Mr. Eksteen van Wyk (EW)

Highlighted two NEMA principle, NEMA (11) 4(iv) and 4(n)

South Africa Constitution Preamble: improvement of quality of life emphasized

Section 2

Supreme law of RSA

Invalid actions and law

Obligations imposed to be observed

Section 24 everyone has the rights:

to the environment that is not harmful to health or wellbeing


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to have environment protected

Current generation

Future generations

Legislative and other measures

Prevent pollution and ecological degradation

NEMA section 4(n) global and international responsibilities relating to the

environment must be discharged in the national interest

NEMA section 4(p) the costs of remedying pollution, environmental degradation

and consequent adverse health effects and of preventing, controlling or

minimising further pollution, environmental damage or adverse health effects

must be paid for by those responsible for harming the environment.

Basil Convention prohibits exports of hazardous waste.


a) Dr. Khalema – Africa Institute.

Indicated that ratification of Basil Convention was done on June 2016 by RSA, but not

implemented. Bamako does not have funds for its operation.

10.Presentation from Unconventional Media: Mr. Sifiso Ngobese (SN)

Unconventional media is a social enterprise called Abomagereza, they create

trolleys that are bigger, safer and user friendly to collect waste.

Trolleys were created to solve the challenges that the waste pickers were

facing on daily basis such as breakdown, poor visibility and small amount of

waste.

Trolleys can carry two tons bags of recyclable materials that can make waste

pickers to get more money to make a living.

Trolleys have breaking system, reflective belts for visibility at night to prevent

waste pickers from causing accidents.

Trolleys are made of recycled materials and companies can utilise the sides for

branding.

Trolleys and protective clothing are issued every day to waste pickers to go


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and do the collection and they have to return them to the facility.

Issuing of trolleys is being controlled by a register for accountability.

Moral of business is to provide waste management activities, thereby

providing trolleys on functions and cleaning up the areas.

There is on line waste pickers database.

The project has created lots of jobs for young people.

40 trolleys are used every day.

There is a need of involvement of municipality, private and government in

order to increase in job creation.

11. Presentation of certificates to waste cooperatives trained by GDARD :

Mr. Rofhiwa Mabadzhe

The training was done in 2015-16 financial year. The training areas were

financial management, health and safety and project management courses.

12 people who were trained from different cooperatives received their

certificates

12. Municipal Waste Management Officer`s Feedback

There was no feedback from municipal waste management officers and they

will present in the next forum.

13. Industry Reports and Announcements

No announcement from industry.

14. Announcements

ET announced where lunch will be served.

15.Vote of Thanks and Closure – Ms. Zingisa Smale GDARD Waste

Management Directorate

Thanked everybody for coming and participating in the meeting. All will be

kept abreast of developments regarding this burning issue.

Wished everyone a safe journey while driving back to their respective homes.

The meeting adjourned at 15:15

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