National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)Chapter 4 : Waste Management MeasuresPart 5 : Storage, collection and transportation of waste25. Duties of persons transporting waste |
| (1) | The Minister, an MEC or a municipality may, by notice in the Gazette, require any person or category of persons who transports waste for gain to— |
| (a) | register with the relevant waste management officer in the Department, province or municipality, as the case may be; and |
| (b) | furnish such information as is specified in that notice or as the waste management officer may reasonably require. |
| (2) | Any person engaged in the transportation of waste must take all reasonable steps to prevent any spillage of waste or littering from a vehicle used to transport waste. |
| (3) | Where waste is transported for the purposes of disposal, a person transporting the waste must, before offloading the waste from the vehicle, ensure that the facility or place to which the waste is transported, is authorised to accept such waste. |
| (4) | Where hazardous waste is transported for purposes other than disposal, a person transporting the waste must, before offloading the waste from the vehicle, ensure that the facility or place to which the waste is transported, is authorised to accept such waste and must obtain written confirmation that the waste has been accepted. |
| (5) | In the absence of evidence to the contrary which raises a reasonable doubt, a person who is in control of a vehicle, or in a position to control the use of a vehicle, that is used to transport waste for the purpose of offloading that waste, is considered to knowingly cause that waste to be offloaded at the location where the waste is deposited. |