GENERAL NOTICE __________________________________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS NOTICE 2011 DRAFT MUNICIPAL WASTE SECTOR PLAN I, Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, hereby publish the draft Municipal Waste Sector Plan in the schedule hereto, for public comment. Interested and affected parties are invited to submit written comments within sixty (60) days of publication of this Notice to The Director-General, Department of Environmental Affairs, Private Bag x447, Pretoria, 0001. Or Hand deliver at 2 nd floor North Tower, Fedsure Forum Building, 315 Pretorius Street, Pretoria, 0001. For attention: Mrs. Khashiwe Masinga, e-mail:
[email protected] or fax: (012) 322 5515. The draft Municipal Waste Sector Plan can be accessed at www.sawic.org.za Comments received after the closing date may not be considered. BOMO EDITH EDNA MOLEWA MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS SCHEDULE ADDRESSING CHALLENGES WITH WASTE SERVICE PROVISION IN SOUTH AFRICA DRAFT MUNICIPAL WASTE SECTOR PLAN JANUARY 2011 Executive Summary This report provides a summary of the current status of waste generation and waste service backlogs at district municipality level. It further provides an overview of the waste sector including the roles and responsibilities of all the different players including the different spheres of government and the private sector. A Vision for the waste sector in line with the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 is provided including some strategic goals and objectives specifically aimed at addressing the backlogs in waste service delivery. In this regard some interventions and actions required to address the backlog are highlighted. The report further includes indicators and targets for addressing the backlogs and presents an action plan aimed at meeting the overall waste service delivery target, namely, to provide waste collection services to all urban households and dense settlements in South Africa on a sustainable basis.