REVISED WASTE CLASSIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SOUTH AFRICA National Waste Classification and Management Regulations

& Standards
Stakeholder Workshop 30 July 2010

WASTE CLASSIFICATION & MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS

National WCM Regulations

AIM: To formalise relevant provisions of the

Revised Waste Classification & Management System into the SA legislative framework.
MAIN PURPOSE:
o Consider higher order management options for

waste in line with the waste management hierarchy. o Establish a mechanism and procedure for the approval of beneficial waste management activities. o Prescribe specific requirements for waste management.

Supported by National Standards

Standard for Leach Tests and Waste Risk

Profiling Leach test methodology, contaminant concentration thresholds & waste risk profiling.
Standard for the Disposal of Waste to Landfill

Landfill acceptance criteria & Waste disposal restrictions.

Part 1: Interpretation, Purpose & Application

Definitions Regulations do not apply to:
o Generators of domestic waste.

Purpose:
o Regulate beneficial waste management
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o Promote the waste management hierarchy. o Establish a mechanism for the efficient approval of activities that facilitate

waste minimisation & diversion from landfill. o Prescribe requirements for waste classification, waste categorisation and assessment of risk associated with disposal. o Prescribe requirements for transport, handling & storage, including tracking of waste. o Prescribe requirements for the management of waste, including landfill acceptance criteria & disposal restrictions.

Part 2: Classification & Categorisation

Classify i.t.o. SANS10234-GHS. Schedule 1 lists Pre-Classified waste (general,

hazardous) that dont need classification. If hazardous develop SDS i.t.o. SANS10234-GHS & Label containers appropriately. Categorise waste i.t.o. WIS Regulations (Types of waste).

Schedule 1: Pre-classified waste

General Waste - Domestic waste; - Building and Demolition Waste; - Inert waste; - Waste tyres. Hazardous Waste - Health Care Risk Waste (HCRW); - Asbestos Waste.

Part 3: Waste Management

Evaluate waste management options i.t.o. waste

hierarchy. Implement if available & feasible, at licensed facility. Consider any Norms and Standards related to the waste management activity. Treatment provisions:
o No dilution or reducing potential for RRR, or o No temporary masking of characteristics.

If disposal remains the only option determine the

Waste Risk Profile (all waste, except domestic, builders rubble & inert), and dispose in accordance with Landfill Standard.

Part 4: Beneficial Waste Management Activities

Mechanism & procedure for efficient approval of waste resource

utilisation & other beneficial waste management activities. Effected through the Minister:
o Listing the activity as not requiring a licence, and

o Setting the requirements or standards the activity is subject to.

NEMWA 19(1) & 19(3): The Minister may list activities & must indicate

whether a licence is required, and if not, the requirements or standards that must be complied with instead. NEMWA S20(1): No person may undertake a waste activity, except in accordance with the requirements or standards determined in terms of S19(3) for that activity; Mechanism in the Regulations includes ability of any person to motivate to the Minister, and specifies the information required. Fundamental: For beneficial activities that can be consistently implemented without health or environmental risk, and controlled through any requirements or standards.

Possible Beneficial Activities

Waste Management Procedures:
o Refers to operations & management procedures. o Risk related to emergency/accident/upsets; no continuous impact if

procedures followed. o Focus on process, standard operating procedures, design standards, EMP (could be existing). o E.g: drum reconditioning, car wrecking, transfer stations for recyclables, temporary used oil storage (bulking).
Beneficial Utilisation of Waste:
o Re-use, recycling, re-use & recovery large waste streams. o Potential risk to health & environment that needs to be assessed worst

case more detailed than above. o Issues not only operational- include thresholds, inputs, technology (focussed on the waste, inputs & outputs), emissions. o E.g: Application to land (road building, fertiliser); Reuse in end-products (bricks, aggregate in concrete, extenders); Energy or raw material recovery/substitution (incl. thermal recovery)

Part 5: Record Keeping & Waste Manifest

Requirements for records of waste

generation (types & quantities) and management thereof. Requirement for maintaining a waste manifest system Specific information requirements for generator, transporter & waste manager listed in Schedule 2 of the Regulations.

Transitional Arrangements
Promulgation January 2011 Regulation 4 (Waste Classification)- simultaneously with classification

of MR 1 year.
Regulation 5 (Waste Categorisation) 6 months after National Waste

Information Regulations, 2010.

Regulation 6 (Safety Data Sheets), Regulation 7 (Labelling of

Hazardous Waste) & Regulation 8(1) (Waste to be classified and categorised prior to acceptance by waste transporter and manager) after 1 year.
Regulation 12 (Waste Disposal) - simultaneously with waste disposal &

landfill design requirements of MR - 18 months for hazardous waste & 3 years for general waste. Subject to requirements & timeframes of Waste Management Standards.
Regulation 15 (Records of Waste Generation and Management) - 6

months after National Waste Information Regulations, 2010.

Regulation 16 (Waste Manifest System) after 1 year.

THANK YOU
Nomphelo Daniel Deputy Director: Hazardous Waste Management

ndaniel@environment.gov.za Tel: +27 (0)12 310 3904