WORKING ON WASTE

Plastic SA Seminar

08 July 2014

PRESENTER: NOMFUNDISO MTALANA

Outline

• DEA Mandate & Organogram

• Linkages with Expanded Public Works Programme

• Background to EPIP

• EPIP Implementation Model

• Working on Waste Focus Areas

• EPIP Funded recycling initiatives/projects

• Conclusions & recommendations

Departmental Mandate

The mandate of the Department is underpinned by the Constitution and all other relevant legislation and policies

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

Vision & Mission

Vision

A prosperous and equitable society living in harmony with our

natural resources.

Mission

Providing leadership in environmental management,

conservation and protection towards sustainability for the benefit of South Africans and the global community.

DEA Goals: 2012/2013 – 2016/2017

Goal 1: Environmental Assets conserved, valued, sustainably used, protected and continually enhanced.

Goal 2: Enhanced socio-economic benefits and employment

creation for the present and future generations from a healthy environment.

Goal 3: A Department that is fully capacitated to deliver its

services efficiently and effectively

DEA Organogram

DEA

Chief Operating Officer

Environmental Programmes

Environmental Advisory Services

Climate Change & Air Quality

Chemicals & Waste Management

Oceans & Coast

Biodiversity & Conservation

Legal, Authorization &

Compliance Inspectorate

EPWP

Expanded Public Works Programme

(EPWP)

Nation-wide programme which will draw significant numbers of the unemployed into productive work, so that workers gain

skills while they work, and increase their capacity to earn an

income

EPWP is divided into four sectors:

Infrastructure;

Environment & Culture

Social

Non-State Sectors

Expanded Public Works Programme

(EPWP-Phase 2)

To create 2 million Full Time Equivalent (FTE) jobs for poor and unemployed people in South Africa so as to contribute to

halving unemployment by 2014, through the delivery of public

and community services.

Scale up from 210 000 FTEs in Y1 to 610 000 FTEs in Y5;

Equivalent to 4, 5 million work opportunities in 5 years )

FTE: 1 person year is equivalent to 230 person days of work

EPWP to enable government to act as an employer of last

resort as part of the Anti-Poverty Strategy

Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Aim of the sector is to: ‘Build South Africa’s natural, social and cultural heritage, and in doing so, dynamically uses this heritage to create both medium and long term work and social benefits.’

Through: Protecting and enhancing the sustainable use and conservation of our natural

resources

Controlling and sustainable management of invasive alien plants

Enhancing the sustainability and protection of life, livelihoods, ecosystem services and natural processes through integrated fire management

Rehabilitating the wetlands

Coastal management

Creating land-based livelihoods and improve food security within previously disadvantaged e.g agricultural resources, waste management,

Growing and promoting tourism

Preserving and developing South African cultural heritage to ensure social cohesion and nation building

Sector programmes include: Working for..... Water, the Coast, for Land, for Tourism and Working for Energy; Working on .... Fire, on Waste; People and Parks; Greening; Sustainable Land based Livelihoods; Cultural Programmes; Clearing public spaces; etc.

EPIP

Environmental Programmes (EP) Branch

Deputy Director-General

CD: Working for Water & Working on Fire

CD: Information Management & Sector

Coordination

CD: Environmental Protection & Infrastructure

Programmes

EPIP Organogram

CD: EPIP

(Gcinumzi Qotywa)

D: Programme Planning & Quality

Assurance

(Luvuyo Mlilo)

D: Programme Planning &

Implementation Support

(Mokotedi Thaga)

D: Programme Training & Youth

Development

(Nomfundiso Giqwa)

D: Programme Implemenation - Inland & National

Programmes

(Grace Modubu)

D: Programme Implementation –

Coastal

(Nhlanhla Khumalo)

Director: Operations Management & Support

(Aubrey Moloto)

Purpose

To manage the identification, planning and implementation of the Environmental Protection and Infrastructure

Programmes throughout the country under the Expanded

Public Works Programme using labour intensive methods

targeting the unemployed, youth, women, people with disabilities and SMMEs

Overall Objectives of EPIP

Better environmental management practices

Job creation

SMME Development

Skills Development

Funding Criteria Highlight

EPIP is an EPWP programme

Labour intensive projects – requirement of 35-45 % of budget for wages (Treasury wants 60 %)

EPIP Focus Areas

Working on Waste

Working for the Coast

Working for Land

Greening & Open Space Management

People & Parks

Wildlife Economy

Youth Environmental Service

EPIP Implementation

model

EPIP implementation model

Planning Phase

• Soliciting proposals from municipalities, branches, provincial counterparts, public entities, NPO’s

• Approval of projects for funding by the DG

• Appointment of implementing agents

• Extensive stakeholder consultation (internal & external)

• Development & approval of project business plans for implementation

Implementation Phase

• Recruitment of beneficiaries

• Establishment of Project Advisory Committees

• Physical implementation of project deliverables

• Implementation of training (non-accredited & accredited)

• Hand-over of project assets to owning entity

Process followed for soliciting

projects

•Provincial briefing sessions conducted (March-April 2013)

•Posting of advert in newspapers-closing date 07 June 2013

• Submission of proposals by owning entities on the EPIP web-based projects

Sourcing of projects

•1091 applications received

• 796 proposals verified

• Proposals evaluated per focus area (5 focus areas)

• Shortlist of recommended projects

Evaluation of project proposals

• Approval of projects by the DG - 20 November 2013

•Total of 169 projects approved

• Letters issued to project proponents, Districts, Province

•Owning entity MoAs issued

Approval of projects

2013-Approved projects

SUMMARY: FOCUS AREAS VS PROVINCES Province GOSM Working on Waste Working For Land People & Parks Wildlfe Economy Total projects Total budget

Eastern Cape 8 19 5 6 0 38 473 894 184 Free State 6 13 1 3 0 23 248 500 000

Gauteng 2 1 0 0 0 3 25 000 000 Limpopo 5 5 1 0 1 12 347 000 000

North West 0 3 1 4 2 10 131 800 000

KwaZulu Natal 10 9 2 4 1 26 313 730 000 Northern Cape 7 4 1 0 1 13 206 811 800

Western Cape 5 6 0 0 1 12 186 112 600 Mpumalanga 4 2 0 10 3 19 345 522 890

TOTAL PROJECTS 47 62 11 27 9 156 2 278 371 474 BUDGET PER FOCUS AREA 413 120 000 749 504 184 108 000 000 877 447 290 130 300 000 2 278 371 474

Working on Waste

Strategic Objectives:

Create and support mechanisms and for the protection of

environmental quality

Create sustainable livelihoods

through recycling of waste (waste

collection & minimization)

Support the use of environmentally

friendly waste disposal technology

Promote environmental education

and awareness to the communities

especially as they are the main

waste generators

Categories of WoW Projects

Buy-back/Recycling Facilities

Material Recovery facilities

Composting facilities

Street Cleaning

Domestic Waste Collection

Greenest Town Municipality

Competition

Waste Transfer Stations

Development of Landfill Sites

Integrated Waste Management

Plans

Youth Jobs in Waste

Youth Jobs in Waste: So what? …… Addressing the issues of waste management in

the country

One of the initiatives aimed at addressing the

youth challenges

Youth actively participating in the conservation

of the environment

Creating the necessary infrastructure for waste

management

Creating environmental awareness through

massive campaigns in communities

YJW-Main interventions

•Capacity Building

–Landfill Site Operation and Management

–Waste Collection Planning and Administration

–Waste Management Awareness Campaigns

•Manufacturing and construction opportunities:

–Manufacturing and Supply of Waste Recycling

Bins

–Manufacturing and Supply of Weighpads

–Construction of Weighpad Platforms and Site

Offices

The key focus of YJW projects

Employment of young people:

• Waste management administration

within municipalities

• Landfill site administration

• Environmental Awareness campaigns

• Landfill guards

• General workers-waste collection

YJW-Progress to date • Funding received from DBSA allocated 2 provinces: Free State &

North West- all local municipalities included

• Pre-selected 3 provinces: KZN, EC, LP

– Each allocated R20 million project budget

– Selected municipalities

• Initially a total of 5 provinces selected

• Official Project launch by Minister held on the 17 June 2013 in Maloti-a-Phofung

• Budget approved for additional provinces in August 2013

• Extension of scope to include all local municipalities per Province

• Provincial briefing sessions conducted & concluded in December 2013

• GP excluded based on request by GDARD through the MEC’s office

YJW-Budget per Province

PROVINCE BUDGET

Eastern Cape R 60 103 814

Free State R 33 801 600

Kwa-Zulu Natal R 64 373 120

Limpopo R 36 444 800

North West R 33 568 640

Northern Cape R 32 206 720

Mpumalanga R 29 102 080

Western Cape R 36 883 840

TOTAL R 326 484 614

YJW: Job opportunities per province

Province Concept

document

Business plan Actual

Eastern Cape 566 944 873

Free State 380 393 382

Kwa-Zulu Natal 728 773 718

Limpopo 350 411 369

North West 326 384 377

Northern Cape 273 395 0

Mpumalanga 262 329 0

Western Cape 366 470 (Draft BP) 0

TOTAL 3251 4099 2719

Buy-back centres

Construction of New Buy-back centres

No. Province Local Municipality Project Name Project Budget

1 Eastern Cape Ntsika Yethu EC-Ntsika Yethu BBC R 7 000 000

2 Eastern Cape Maletswai EC-Maletswai BBC R 7 000 000

3 Free State Ngwathe FS-Ngwathe BBC R 7 000 000

4 Gauteng Tshwane GP-Mamelodi BBC R 7 000 000

5 Gauteng Tshwane GP-Ga-Rankuwa BBC R 7 000 000

6 Kwazulu Natal Umvoti KZN-uMvoti BBC R 7 000 000

7 Kwazulu Natal Newcastle KZN-Newcastle BBC R 7 000 000

8 Kwazulu Natal Mugungundlovu KZN- Mgungundlovu BBC R 7 000 000

9 Limpopo Lepelle-Nkumpi LP-Lepelle-Nkumpi BBC R 7 000 000

10 Mpumalanga Govan Mbeki MP-Govan Mbeki BBC R 7 000 000

11 North West Naledi NW-Vryburg BBC R 7 000 000

TOTAL BUDGET FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (11 projects)

R 77 000 000

Buy-back centres…cont’d

Refurbishment of Buy-back centres

No Province Local Municipality Project Name Project Budget

1 Gauteng Tshwane GP-Refurbishment of Tshwane Buy-back Centres in

Hammanskraal, Attridgeville & Stinkwater

R 12 300 000

2 Gauteng Ekurhuleni GP-Refurbishment of Vuka BBC R 4 100 000

3 Kwazulu Natal Ethekwini KZN-Refurbishment of Weastmead Community

Recycling Center

R 4 100 000

4 Kwazulu Natal Mtubatuba KZN-Refurbishment of Mtubatuba BBC R 4 100 000

5 Mpumalanga Bushbuckridge MP-Refurbishment of Bushbuckridge BBC R 4 100 000

6 Mpumalanga Emalahleng MP-Refurbishment of Emalahleni BBC R 4 100 000

7 Mpumalanga Kwa-Mhlanga MP-Refurbishment of Kwa-Mhlanga BBC R 4 100 000

8 Northern Cape Dikgatlong NC-Refurbishment of Barkly Wes BBC R 4 100 000

9 Northern Cape Nama Khoi NC-Refurbishment of Ikwele BBC R 4 100 000

10 North West Mogwase NW-Refurbishment of Buy-back centre: Mogwase R 4 100 000

11 North West Rustenburg NW-Refurbishment of Phokeng BBC R 4 100 000

12 North West Ventersdorp NW-Refurbishment of Ventersdorp BBC R 4 100 000

13 Western Cape Langeberg WC-Refurbishment of Langeberg BBC R 4 100 000

TOTAL BUDGET FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (13 projects) R 61 500 000

TOTAL BUDGET FOR ALL 24 PROJECTS R 138 500 000

Conclusion & Recommendations

Conclusion:

• Identified potential areas of expansion:

• Pyrolysis project

• Separation at source methodology-2 bag system

• Formalisation of recycling co-ops

• Challenges in municipalities in handling after-care still

remains a big problem

Recommendations:

• The meeting to note the presentation

• Note the progress made to date

Thank You

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