National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)SchedulesSchedule 1 : Waste management activities in respect of which a waste management licence is requiredCategory A |
The activities listed under Category A are equivalent to those that require a basic assessment process as stipulated in the environmental impact assessment regulations made under section 24(5) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)
Storage and transfer of waste
| (1) | The temporary storage of general waste at a facility, including a waste transfer facility and container yard, that has the capacity to receive in excess of 30 tonnes of general waste per day or that has a throughput capacity in excess of 20m³ per day, including the construction of a facility and associated structures and infrastructure for such storage. |
| (2) | The temporary storage of hazardous waste at a facility, including a waste transfer facility and container yard, that has the capacity to receive in excess of three tonnes of hazardous waste per day, including the construction of a facility and associated structures and infrastructure for such storage. |
Recycling and recovery
| (3) | The sorting and shredding of general waste at a facility that has the capacity to receive in excess of one ton of general waste per day, including the construction of a facility and associated structures and infrastructure for such sorting or shredding. |
| (4) | The recovery of waste, excluding recovery that takes place as an integral part of an internal manufacturing process, at a facility that has the capacity to receive in excess of three tonnes of general waste or 100 kilograms of hazardous waste per day, including the construction of a facility and associated structures and infrastructure for such recovery. |
Treatment of waste
| (5) | The biological, physical or physicochemical treatment of general waste or the autoclaving, drying or microwaving of general waste at a facility that has the capacity to receive in excess of 10 tonnes of general waste per day, including the construction of a facility and associated structures and infrastructure for such treatment. |
| (6) | The biological or physicochemical treatment of hazardous waste or the autoclaving, drying or microwaving of hazardous waste, including the construction of a facility and associated structures and infrastructure for such treatment. |
| (7) | The treatment of waste in sludge lagoons. |
Disposal of waste on land
| (8) | The disposal of inert waste, excluding the disposal of less than 25 tonnes of inert waste for the purposes of levelling and building that has been authorised by or under legislation, including the construction of a facility and associated structures and infrastructure for such disposal. |
| (9) | The disposal of general waste to land covering an area of less than 100m² or 200m³ air space, including the construction of a facility and associated structures and infrastructure for such disposal. |
Storage, treatment and processing of animal waste
| (10) | The storage, treatment or processing of animal manure, including the composting of animal manure, at a facility that has a throughput capacity in excess of 10 tonnes per month, including the construction of a facility and associated structures and infrastructure for such storage, treatment or processing. |
| (11) | The processing of waste at biogas installations with a capacity for receiving live tonnes or more per day of animal waste, animal manure, abattoir waste or vegetable waste, including the construction of a facility and associated structures and infrastructure for such processing animal manure and abattoir waste. |
Expansion or decommissioning of facilities and associated structures and infra-structure
| (12) | The expansion or decommissioning of facilities and associated structures and infrastructure for activities listed in this Schedule. |