Reclassifying toxic waste substances as ‘beneficial’

Barbara Dallas Creecy, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, hereby under regulation 6(3) of the Regulations regarding the exclusion of a waste stream or a portion of a waste stream from the definition of waste, 2018, published under Government Notice No. R.715 of Government Gazette No. 41777 of 18 July 2018, read with sections 72 and 73 of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008), has given notice of her intention to make a decision on applications for the exclusion of a certain waste stream or a portion of such waste stream, from the definition of waste, for the purposes of a certain beneficial use, as indicated in the Schedule hereto.

In consideration of the applications, the criteria contemplated in regulation 7 and the risk assessment contemplated in regulation 8 of the Regulations regarding the exclusion of a waste stream or a portion of a waste stream from the definition of waste, 2018, must be taken into account.

Once a waste stream has been excluded from the definition of waste, a risk management plan, which is based on the risk assessment, must be complied with.

Annual reports in terms of regulation 10 of the Regulations regarding the exclusion of a waste stream or a portion of a waste stream from the definition of waste, 2018, must be sent to the Department.

Public invited to comment

Members of the public have until 25 November to submit written representations or objections to the Minister at the following addresses:

By post to: The Acting Director -General Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisherie Private Bag X447 PRETORIA 0001
Attention: Mr Anben Pillay

By email to aoillav@environment.gov.za.

• View the exclusions.