Those in the waste management industry are worried that rubbish is reaching breaking point in South Africa. Here is why
Even though South Africa does not possess formal numbers on the available landfill airspace, those in the waste management industry recognise it is quickly filling up and the country is in the brink of a crisis. Landfill airspace is the volume of space on a landfill site permitted for disposal of municipal solid waste.
He says the problem has numerous contributing factor, however, legislation is not one of them as South Africa has some of the best waste management legislation in the world, the problem is that it is not being enforced. He added that they have incorporated what they have learned from other progressive countries into their framework in the form of the local National Environmental Management Act
The city of Johannesburg and Tshwane allegedly last had a license or constructed new landfills back in the late 1980s and early 1990s and those are reaching full capacity at a frighten speed.
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