Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 1 WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP FOR THE REVISION OF THE 2 ND EDITION OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 5 February 2004

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 2 “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 3 Open dump, bordering residents

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 4 Proper fence, compaction, cover, small work face

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 5 Burning site: air pollution (houses in background)

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 6 Scavenging (for livelihood)

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 7 Scavenging and living on landfill

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 8 Sanitary landfill, area method, regular cover and compaction (on reclaimed land)

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 9 Unauthorised waste processing (leaking drums in front of sludge pond)

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 10 After the clean-up

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 11 Farm: Groundwater as a strategic resource

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 12 WESTERN CAPE: TABLE MOUNTAIN

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 13 POINTS OF DISCUSSION  Introduction  Core Objectives  Specific Objectives  Project Process  Participation  Project Structure  Consultants Selection Criteria  Conclusion

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 14 INTRODUCTION  DWAF truly appreciates your presence.  PURPOSE of the National Workshop: To inform (to create national awareness and participation in the Revision of 2 nd Edition Facilitate participation (to ensure that the Revision responsibly represents the needs and vision of SA waste community regarding Hazardous waste, Landfilling and Monitoring PARTIAL COMPLIANCE  FOCUS: To reasonabily solve unsolved issues of 2 nd Edition

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 15 AREAS OF PARTIAL IMPROVEMENT i. DumpsitesSanitary landfills ii. Laissez fairreCommand and control iii. Concept permits Integrated pollution control authorisation iv. 0%75 % sites authorised v. Externalised costsInternalised (sharp increase in disposal cost) vi. First choice dumpingFirst choice avoidance vii. ScavengingProfessionalising waste practices

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 16 CONFORMANCE STATISTICS MASTERS THESIS (HATTING 1986) BASELINE STUDY (WATER AFFAIRS 1997) General landfills 20 % compliance criteria (site location, compaction and cover) Hazardous landfills (no surveys) General landfills 44 % compliance criteria (full spectrum of sanitary landfilling MRs) Hazardous landfills 22 % compliance criteria (full spectrum of sanitary landfilling MRs)

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 17 INTRODUCTION  DWAF truly appreciates your presence.  PURPOSE of the National Workshop: To inform (to create national awareness and participation in the Revision of 2 nd Edition Facilitate participation (to ensure that the Revision responsibly represents the needs and vision of SA waste community regarding Hazardous waste, Landfilling and Monitoring PARTIAL COMPLIANCE  FOCUS: To reasonabily solve unsolved issues of 2 nd Edition

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 18 PROJECT CORE OBJECTIVE To innovatively improve the standard of Waste Management in South Africa

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 19 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES – HAZARDOUS WASTE  Down stream users  Risk protocols  Nett risk  Simulation test  Sectoral approaches

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 20 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES – LANDFILL  Internalise externalised costs  Quality control  Extended Responsibilities  Human Rights Issues

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 21 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES – MONITORING  Capturing technological advances in monitoring  Quality control  Selective adoption of world trends in monitoring  Performance auditing

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 22 PROJECT PROCESS / PHASES  Structural Alignment  Creating Document Framework  Populate Framework  Peer Review  Full Integration Preserve the genetic code of MRs

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 23 To efficiently and effectively capture all stakeholder input through:  Post 1998 comments  Wastecon 2002 Workshop  PSC  National stakeholder workshop  Specialist Workgroups  PMC  Electronic and hard copy communication  Ad hoc interviews / communication PROJECT PARTICIPATION PROCESS

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 24  Practical experience in waste management discipline / landfill permitting  Experience in developing best practice guidelines  Ensuring continuity in MR series in terms of maintaining philosophy, style and overall context CONSULTANTS SELECTION CRITERIA

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 25 PROJECT ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE PSC Project Co-ordinators (Dr Fourie, Mr Ball, Prof Hodgson, Mrs R de Jager) Hazardous Waste Sub Consultants Landfilling Sub Consultants Monitoring Sub Consultants PMC Project Leader, Mr L Bredenhann with DWAF Project Management Team (Mr Le Roux, Dr Abbott, Mrs Tsebe, et al) National Stakeholders

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 26 CONCLUSIONS 1.“The economic success of a country should never compromise the level to which it protects the environment, except the pace at which it achieve protection and the instruments we use in achieving it.” - LB 2.Clear objectives supportive of environmental legislation and sustainable waste management 3.Project phasing and organisational structure aim at providing for optimum stakeholder participation.

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 27 “Co-operation is spelled with two letters, - WE” GEORGE M. VERITY

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 28 “Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress, Working together is success” HENRY FORD