Waste Bureau Mandate Presentation Highlights
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment's Waste Bureau presentation on May 25, 2021, outlined its legal mandate, operational performance, challenges, and key focus areas for 2021/22. The Waste Bureau functions as a specialist implementing agent, promotes waste minimization and recycling, manages incentive disbursement, monitors industry waste management plans, and supports the development of municipal waste management plans. Following the withdrawal of the Redisa plan, the Waste Bureau took on the temporary mandate to manage waste tyres until a new industry waste management plan is approved. The presentation highlights key priorities, progress towards meeting the mandate, and plans to focus on waste tyre management until the broader mandate under Section 34 of the Act can be resumed.
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Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment Portfolio Committee Waste Bureau Presentation 25 May 2021
PRESENTATION OUTLINE Waste Bureau legal mandate Waste tyre mandate Operational performance and challenges Key focus areas & initiatives for 2021/22
Objectives of the Waste Bureau (Section 34D) a) Function as a specialist implementing agent b) Promote and facilitate minimisation, re-use, recycling and recovery of waste c) Manage the disbursement of incentives and funds d) Monitor implementation of industry waste management plans e) Progressively build capacity to provide specialist support for the development and implementation of municipal waste management plans and capacity building programmes f) Support and advise on the development of waste management plans, tools, instruments, processes, systems, norms, standards and municipal waste management plans and capacity building programmes 3
Waste Tyre Mandate Following withdrawal of Redisa plan and promulgation of Waste Tyre Regulations 2017, Waste Bureau mandated to manage waste tyres on a temporary basis until a new Industry Waste Management Plan for waste tyres is approved This then meant that the broader mandate per Section 34 of Act was deferred as the Waste Bureau had to focus on the waste tyre mandate Waste Bureau thus took responsibility for management of waste tyres effective 1 October 2017 Key priorities are: Servicing tyre dealers and other collection points where waste tyres are generated Developing processing capacity (tyre derived fuel, crumbing, pyrolysis) Supplying processors with waste tyres 4
PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING MANDATE FOR ALL WASTE STREAMS Plan is to continue focusing on waste tyre management for now until the Section 29 plan is finalized Once the Section 29 Industry Waste Management Plan (IndWMP) is finalised and the implementer(s) of the plan have been appointed by the Department, then the Waste Management Bureau will exit waste tyre management operations and then refocus on their broader mandate Section 34 NEMWA. The Section 29 IndWMP is to be finalised in 2021/22. The objectives of the IndWMP are to: Support the establishment of a viable waste tyre processing sector in South Africa which will reduce the negative environmental impacts of waste tyres and support enterprise development and job creation in a circular economy. Develop waste tyre processing capacity of South Africa; Develop monitoring systems to enable assessment of progress against targets. The Minister has instructed the Director General to institute an evaluation of the need for the Waste Bureau, given its current mission drift and budgetary constraints 5
Waste Tyre Value Chain RE-USE, RECYCING & RECOVERY WASTE TYRE SOURCES (COLLECTION POINTS) PRIMARY TRANSPOR TATION STORAGE SORTING PRE- PROCESSING SECONDARY TRANSPORT ATION Processors 8 Dealers, Transport Co s, mines, etc Primary Transporters Secondary Transporters Depots Secondary Industries (e.g. jungle gyms, parks, race tracks, farms, etc) 28 55 23 2 655 14 Micro depots 18 Micro collectors (waste pickers) Illegally dumped, landfill sites 147 6
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Depot Locations Depot size (m ) Depots Province Depots Province Depot size (m ) Kwazulu- Natal Western Cape Western Cape Limpopo Limpopo Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga 1. Glen Austin 2. Waltloo 3. Midrand 4. Tembisa 5. Randfontein 6. Westonaria 7. Springs 8. Klerksoord 15. Richardsbay 16. Atlantis 17. Mosselbay 18. Polokwane 19. Thohoyandou 20. Ferrobank 21. Nelspruit 22. Belfast Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng 9 400 1 000 9 500 7 671 26 320 26 961 28 000 18 565 1 000 22 920 1 300 30 000 50 000 7 467 11 265 50 000 9. Upington 10. Rustenburg 11. Lichtenburg 23. Bloemfontein 24. Kroonstad 25. East London Northern Cape North West North West 4 170 8 500 30 000 Free State Free State Eastern Cape 42 000 50 000 4 612 12. Cato Ridge 26. PE Markman Kwazulu-Natal 15 000 Eastern Cape 7 495 13. Hammersdale 27. Ngcobo Kwazulu-Natal 4 678 Eastern Cape 42 827 14. Ladysmith 28 Uitenhage Kwazulu-Natal 4 500 Eastern Cape 18 800 8
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE - COLLECTIONS Oct17-Mar18 Apr18-Mar19 Apr19-Mar20 Apr20-Mar21 N/A 46 726 83 133 122 502 102 160 128 857 74 917 93 428 Collections (Tons) - Target Collections (Tons) - Actual Good collections performance was achieved during the period from October 2017 to March 2020. The 2020 collections performance was affected by Covid as well as depots being full OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE - PROCESSING Oct17-Mar18 N/A 18 305 Apr18-Mar19 Apr19-Mar20 Apr20-Mar21 83 133 83 133 53 728 37 840 Processing (Tons) - Target Processing (Tons) - Actual 22 135 22 699 Developing processing capacity has been a challenge throughout the period WB has been managing waste tyre operations Some processors stopped processing during 2019 due to non-profitability, license expiry, and contractual disputes The 2020/21 processing performance was affected by Covid (low product demand & processors not resuming post lockdown easing), as well as shred supply challenge to one of the processors 9
Key focus areas 2021/22 - Storage & Processing To expand storage space (necessary in short to medium-term whilst simultaneously busy with initiatives to increase processing capacity): Engaged cement manufacturers regarding temporary storage of waste tyres Engaged provinces & municipalities (Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal, & Western Cape) to assist with storage sites Unused municipal sites landfills Baling equipment procurement In discussions with Public Works and Special Economic zones regarding sites Increase number of processing plants and capacity To target more brick-making facilities Skills training for secondary industry Promoting waste tyre exports Promoting downstream demand for Tyre Derived products SANRAL, Provincial roads, municipalities, school playgrounds, etc. 10
THANK YOU! Mr Obed Baloyi Waste Management Bureau Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Tel: 012 310 9843 | Mobile: 078 280 4823 Website: http://www.environment.gov.za Address: Environment House, 473 Steve Biko Road, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0083
