Cleansing and Solid Waste Unit
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CLEANSING AND SOLID WASTE UNIT Press ESC to exit MISSION STATEMENT What we aim to do: MISSION STATEMENT • To protect the environment and enhance the health of the communities of eThekwini Municipality by providing reasonable measures for the prevention of pollution and ecological degradation. To ensure compliance and enforcement through an environmentally acceptable, cost effective and sustainable waste management service recognizing waste as a valuable source. DSW’S KEY FOCUS AREAS : • Collection and transportation of domestic, commercial and industrial waste. • Provision and management of wheelie bins and skips • Managing of landfill sites • Street cleaning and litter removal services • Education , Waste Minimisation and Recycling • Community waste management awareness and education programmes • Research and development of new waste management processes • Recovery and process of methane gas, naturally processed in landfills, into an energy source of generating power. DSW CLEANSING & SOLID WASTE STRUCTURE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES Cont.: DSW HEAD OF DEPARTMENT DEPUTY HEAD DEPUTY HEAD DEPUTY HEAD PLANT AND STRATEGIC & NEW OPERATIONS DEVELOPMENT DISPOSAL Manager Disposal Operations Sites Business Fleet & North, South Education Administration Mariannhill Branch New Workshops Central, TRAINING Bisasar Areas Inner West, Buffelsdraai Outer West 2 x Snr. Transfer Domestic Collection Education Contracts Marketing Bulk Technical Training Stations Street Sweeping officers Tenders Expenditure & & Training Coordinator Revenue & Illegal Dumping Sales Resources Officer 2 Garden Law Enforcement Sites Trade Collection OBJECTIVES AND OUTPUTS OBJECTIVES & OUTPUTS: STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES • Attend to all complaints within 48 hrs • Clearance of backlogs • Reduce illegal dumping • Develop recycling programmes to meet Polokwane declaration targets & New Waste Act • Establish Garden Refuse Sites in townships and informal areas • Establishment of additional Buy-Back & Drop-Off Centres • Construction of new state-of-the-art Transfer Station to coincide with closure of Bisasar OBJECTIVES & OUTPUTS: STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES cont. • Waste Volume reduction plant at Bisasar L/F • Develop Haz-waste cell at Buffelsdraai Landfill • Landfill Gas to energy project • Waste Management Partnerships • Actively support all NEPAD initiatives and projects • Successful implementation and training with regard to new Revenue Management System (RMS) • Develop and market solid waste products for commerce & industry OBJECTIVES & OUTPUTS: KEY OUTPUTS – STATISTICAL INFORMATIN .Refuse Removal .Formal households – 953,562 .Hundred percent coverage .Street Cleaning Service .All major roads are cleaned and litter picked .Bi-Annual Photometric Street Survey (0.6% in line with National Standards) .Mechanical sweeping of all freeways and highways .Tonnage of waste disposed 1.3m tons .Develop and market solid waste products to commerce & industry .Generated Income : R 189 million .Waste Management Partnerships .Co-Ops – 12 (Handling of SKIPS) .Community-based Contractors (SMME’s) – 380 .Employment created through contractors in excess of 4,000 .R207 million awarded to Community-based Contractors OBJECTIVES & OUTPUTS: KEY OUTPUTS cont. • Waste Management Education & Waste Minimisation Initiatives Recycling Statistics: - Buy-Back Centres & Garden Sites- 816 tons - Material Recycling facilities - 4750 tons - Domestic Recycling – 9600 tons per annum - Opening of 1 additional Buy-Back Centres & composting plant • Extraction of Landfill Gas Project – R15.5 m for 2011 /12 SERVICE DELIVERY AND STANDARDS: MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING • IWMP - Integrated Waste Management Plan • MFA - Municipal Finance Act • MSA - Municipal Systems Act • SCM - Supply Chain Management Policy • Polokwane Declaration • Municipal Bylaws • Municipal Structures Act • KPI - Audit Scorecard • Risk Management • The National Waste Act of 2008 • Business Software - RMS – Revenue Management System - Contract Management System - Landfill Management System (Waste Information System) - Bulk Refuse System STATISTICAL INFORMATION No. of Staff 1,874 No. of Depots 14 No. Contracts (New Areas) 36 No. of Community Based Contractors 380 Job Creaction through Community-based Contractors 4,000 No. of Landfill Sites 3 No. of Transfer Station 6 No. of Garden Refuse Sites 11 No. of Landfill Customers And Industrial 13,972 No. of Commercial Customers 22,077 No. of Containers On Contract 76,084 No. of Skips (Business + Permanent + Casual) 879 No. of Fleet Workshop 4 Vehicle Fleet Complement 496 BUDGETS DSW PROGRAMMES: COMMUNICATION • Media Coverage : - Radio – Islamic Radio, Lotus FM, Gagasi FM, SAFM, Ukhosi Fm, Vibe Radio, Highway Radio, Hindvani - Print – Community Newspapers, Newsletter, MetroBeat, Independent Newspapers - BillBoard Advertising – Electronic & Static Billboards • Clean Up Campaigns • Edgewood College Training Programme Special Events : • COP 17 • 2010 World Cup • A1 Racing • Vodacom July • Durban Beach Festival • Comrades Marathon • Diwali Festival • MTN Fashion Week (Suncoast Casino) • Virginia Airshow • Yacht Club Bay Clean Up • SA National Clean Up Week Focus on illegal dumping NATIONAL CLEAN UP WEEK DSW PROGRAMMES: MOBILE EDU CENTRE • To improve access to Waste Education training facilities • Enhance the Quality of the Programmes offered in the field • To raise the Profile of Waste Education in the City • 139 bus visits for 2011 • Schools Programme covers over 100 wards & over 990 schools DSW PROGRAMMES: PARTNERSHIPS • Corporate member with the Institute of Waste Management • Partnerships with Government Departments/NGOs - Clean Communities Trust - Plastic Federation - Mondi, Compass Waste, and Portnet, Nampak, Izaka plastics - Recycling Forums and Enviro Forums - KAB (Keep America Beautiful, Keep Tongaat Beautiful, Keep Verulam Beautiful - Taxi Operators and Informal Trades - Chamber of Commerce - Media Houses - Landfill Monitoring Committees DSW PROGRAMMES: PARTNERSHIPS cont. • Partnerships with Educational Institutions to Develop Curriculum on various Educational Programmes - Durban Institute of Technology (DUT) - University of SA (UNISA) - KwaZulu-Natal University (UKZN) - Edgewood College • Training and Assistance to Local, National & International Municipalities • Programme with correctional services • Standardise waste management services throughout the municipality • Implement competitive tariff increase strategies DSW PROGRAMMES: PARTNERSHIPS cont. • Recycling partners with commercial & domestic sectors • Department of Energy • Department of Agriculture and Environment Affairs, Rural Development • Informal Traders & Taxi Association DSW PROGRAMMES: LANDFILL SITES • Implementation of 20 year landfill development programme Bisasar Road Mariannhill Buffelsdraai TRANSFER Tongaat STATIONS Mt. Edgecombe CLERMONTClermont Hammarsdale EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES KWAMASHU TAXI RANK DOMESTIC RECYCLING PROJECT KWAMASHU TAXI RANK LEACHATE PLANT TRAINING DSW PROGRAMMES: COMMERCIAL RECYCLING DROP OFF STATION AT RECYCLING AT USHAKA WESTVILLE FESTIVE SEASON PROGRAMME NOVEMBER- JANUARY EDUCATION & AWARENESS EDUCATION & AWARENESS Beach Signage EDUCATION & AWARENESS Branded Vehicles Mechanical Sweeper Compactor Rotopress ‘Pit Stop’ DSW Fleet EDUCATION & AWARENESS EDUCATION & AWARENESS Outdoor Signage DSW LANDFILL Mariannhill CONSERVANCY DSW LANDFILL Mariannhill GAS TO ELECTRICITY PROJECT 9MW Electricity generated p/hr DSW LANDFILL Mariannhil PLANT RESCUE UNIT DSW LANDFILL Mariannhill How we’ve done so far: ACHIEVEMENTS IMPUMELELO AWARD AWARDS PMR DIAMOND GOLDEN ARROW AWARD AWARD CLEANEST CITY COMPETITION SAICE AWARDS Mariannhill Landfill won the Dubai Best Practice Award EKZN CONSERVANCY AWARD THANK YOU Press ESC to exit.