PURPOSE: manage and ensure chemical and waste management policies and legislation are implemented and enforced in compliance with chemicals and waste management authorizations, directives and agreements

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• CHEMICALS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

PURPOSE manage and ensure chemical and waste
management policies and legislation are
implemented and enforced in compliance with
chemicals and waste management authorizations,
directives and agreements
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Who are weACTING DDG Mr Ishaam Abader
CD Hazardous Waste Man Licencing CDGen Waste Local Government Support CD Chemicals Waste Policy, Evaluation Monitoring CD Chemicals Management
CDVacant CD Ms Nolwazi Cobbinah CDVacant CDVacant
D Authorisations Waste Disposal Management- Mr Mpho Tshitangoni D General Waste Special Projects- Ms Mamosa Afrika D Waste Policy Information- Mr Obed Baloyi
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ACHIEVEMENTS 2011/12
PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TARGET PROGRESS
Percentage increase in waste recycled 45 of paper and packing recycled Not achieved Industry Waste Management Plans under review
Percentage increase in waste recycled Set recycling targets for lighting Not achieved Industry Waste Management Plans under review
Percentage increase in waste recycled 50 of tyres Not achieved Industry Waste Management Plans under review
Percentage of households with basic waste collection Policy implementation tools developed 59 of households with basic waste collection
Percentage increase in waste management spend Baseline established IIWMP reviewed
Hectares of land remediated Section 8 of WM Act brought into effect MoU developed DWA consulted regulations developed
Decrease in unlicensed waste disposal sites Action plan developed 120 license applications processed 341 unlicensed sites surveyed
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TARGETS 2012/13
SO PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TARGET
Less waste that is better managed Number of Waste Management instruments developed and implemented Part 8 of Chapter 4 of the Waste Act brought into effect 25 instruments 1.Waste Classification and Management Regulations 2.Health Care Risk Waste Strategy 3.HCRW Regulations 4.Efficacy standards for non-burn HCRW treatment technologies 5.Declaration of saline waste as priority waste 6.Regulations for import and export of waste 7.Norms and Standards for the operation of blending platforms 8.Municipal solid waste Tariff model 9.National organic waste composting strategy 10.Norms and standards for remediation of contaminated land and soil quality 11.Contaminated Land Regulations (Reg 69(1)(v) 12.Waste Information Regulations 13.Norms and Standards for Storage of waste 14.Standards for extraction, flaring and recovery of landfill gas 15.Standards for scrapping of motor vehicles 16.Regulations for Industry Waste Management Plans 17.Standards for assessment of waste for landfill disposal 18.Standard for waste disposal to landfill 19.Household hazardous waste management strategy 20.Regulations for Ozone Depleting Substances 21.Regulations for phasing out of PCBs and PCB containing equipment 22.Regulation to ban manufacture of Annex A POPs (Stockholm Convention) chemicals 23.National Implementation Plan for Montreal Protocol 24.National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention 25.National Action Plan for Rotterdam Convention
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TARGETS 2012/13
SO PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TARGET
Less waste that is better managed Percentage increase in waste recycled and recovered   Investigate Schedule C of the Waste Management activity list Baseline for different waste streams established
Less waste that is better managed Percentage of households with basic waste collection 67 of households
Less waste that is better managed Hectares of land remediated National contaminated land database developed
Less waste that is better managed Percentage increase in waste expenditure in municipalities Tariff model for refuse removal developed (full cost accounting guideline for municipalities) implemented.
Less waste that is better managed Number of households benefiting from waste collection initiatives 35,000
Less waste that is better managed Number of buyback and/or recycling facilities created 13
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International Obligations

• Regulation to ban manufacture of Annex A
  Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (Stockholm
  Convention) chemicals- revise NIP to include 10
  new POPs
• National Implementation Plan (NIP) for Montreal
  Protocol- Finalisation of a sector plan for the
  phase out of HCFCs, Augment current management
  plan for Methyl-bromide with new data, develop
  Ozone Depleting Substances regs, update Montreal
  training manual for customs officials
• National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the
  Stockholm Convention- adopt the National
  Multi-Stakeholder on Chemicals Management work
  programme, commence drafting 2013/14 programme
• National Action Plan (NAP) for Rotterdam
  Convention- update NAP with new targets consult
  on revised targets, finalise targets

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THANK YOU
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