Report Coverage
This report focuses on the management of solid waste, excluding recycling. It describes the state of public and private waste services and the factors influencing their operations. It includes detailed profiles of 20 companies including Inter-waste (Pty) Ltd, subsidiary of Interwaste Holdings, which is being bought by the French Séché Environnement, and EnviroServ, recently fined by the Competition Tribunal for colluding with Wasteman. The report also profiles companies such as Compass Medical Waste, which is involved in waste disposal for clinics and private and government hospitals.
Introduction
Waste management services are under pressure from rapid urbanisation, population growth and unsustainable consumption patterns. The department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) reports that 98 million tons of waste are deposited across South Africa’s 826 landfill sites every year. The National Pricing Strategy for Waste Management document states that the country throws away at least R825bn worth of recoverable resources each year. The high volumes of unsorted waste sent to landfill sites show that South Africans have not yet realised that household and commercial waste is a cost-effective source of raw materials. The World Bank forecasts that waste generation in sub-Saharan Africa will more than triple from current levels to 516 million tons per year in 2050. The industry needs to strike a balance between the primary need to provide basic waste management services to all communities and the need to introduce costly alternative technologies to divert waste away from disposal at landfills. The poor financial status of the local government sector, mandated by the constitution to provide waste management services, could have a negative effect on its ability to provide basic services.\r\n\r\nThis report focuses on the management of solid waste, excluding recycling. The collection and treatment of domestic wastewater is covered in the Who Owns Whom report on the Collection, Purification, Testing and Distribution of Water published in September 2017 and recycling is covered in the report on Recycling of Waste and Scrap published in November 2017.
Strengths
• Supportive legislative framework, with the National Waste Management Strategy as implementation agent.
Weaknesses
• 98 million tons of waste is deposited across South Africa’s 826 landfill sites every year
• Aging, outdated, poorly maintained and inadequate waste infrastructure and technology.
• Legislation not strictly enforced.
• Skills shortages in the waste sectors.
Opportunities
• Job creation opportunities in the waste sector, including DEA’s programmes such as Youth Jobs in Waste and Youth Environmental Services and the Operation Phakisa Waste and Chemicals Economy Initiatives
• Opportunities provided by different waste streams for materials and energy recovery as a means of generating energy and reducing waste disposal to landfill.
Threats
• Lack of compliance with environmental requirements, the Waste Act regulations and standards.
• Population growth, urbanisation and the growing complexity of the waste stream which will put further pressure on poorly maintained, inadequate facilities.
• Weak financial status and wasteful expenditure at local authority level affects ability to provide efficient services.
Outlook
The CSIR’s Prof. Linda Godfrey cautions that the waste sector is in desperate need of change. “If mismanaged, waste directly impacts the health of communities, yet it also provides opportunities for improved livelihoods and reducing poverty – simply by changing the way we think about waste as a resource. This change requires a deep understanding of waste behaviour and appropriate behaviour change interventions; appropriate business models to support small business development; and opportunities to create jobs and improve livelihoods in South Africa\'s formal and informal sectors.”\r\n\r\nKate Stubbs, director of business development and marketing at Interwaste, believes that the South African waste industry is faced with the challenge of improving and changing its waste disposal practice. One of the greatest obstacles in the waste economy is the current dependence on landfills. The prohibition of certain waste streams from landfill “represents an opportunity to seek relevant investment and technology development opportunities for more sustainable alternative waste disposal solutions, thereby creating a more efficient waste economy in South Africa”. \r\n\r\nKobus Otto explains that even though the waste hierarchy emphasises the need for waste minimisation, recycling and energy recovery, “there will always be a need for waste disposal to landfill. The extent of that need will be determined by the effectiveness with which waste minimisation and recycling programmes are undertaken, and/or waste incineration and energy recovery becomes a financially viable alternative. Due to onerous landfill licensing processes, municipalities need to be pro-active in planning and developing new landfills required to meet future waste disposal needs”. This is confirmed by IWMSA which states that alternative waste management technologies certainly have their place, but the primary focus in South Africa currently should be on providing reliable and efficient basic services such as collection, recycling and re-use and ultimate safe disposal of waste on an equitable basis. IWMSA further states that the implementation of alternative waste management solutions is welcome, inevitable and long overdue especially with the rapid depletion of airspace and the lack of new landfill facilities being licenced. In addition, the generation of renewable energy from waste would also assist in addressing the energy crisis in South Africa.
The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa
2019
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| 1. | INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| 2. | DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY | 1 |
| 2.1. | Industry Value Chain | 3 |
| 2.2. | Geographic Position | 4 |
| 3. | SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY | 6 |
| 4. | STATE OF THE INDUSTRY | 9 |
| 4.1. | Local | 9 |
| 4.1.1. | Corporate Actions | 15 |
| 4.1.2. | Regulations | 15 |
| 4.1.3. | Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development | 18 |
| 4.2. | Continental | 20 |
| 4.3. | International | 25 |
| 5. | INFLUENCING FACTORS | 28 |
| 5.1. | Economic Environment | 28 |
| 5.2. | Rising Operating Costs | 29 |
| 5.3. | Operation Phakisa: Chemicals and Waste Economy | 30 |
| 5.4. | Compliance with Waste Management Licensing Requirements | 31 |
| 5.5. | Status of Local Government | 33 |
| 5.6. | Labour | 35 |
| 5.7. | Infrastructure | 38 |
| 5.8. | Local Government Initiatives | 39 |
| 5.9. | Alternative Treatment Technologies | 41 |
| 5.10. | Environmental Issues | 44 |
| 5.11. | Cyclicality | 47 |
| 6. | COMPETITION | 48 |
| 6.1. | Barriers to Entry | 49 |
| 7. | SWOT ANALYSIS | 50 |
| 8. | OUTLOOK | 51 |
| 9. | INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS | 52 |
| 10. | REFERENCES | 52 |
| 10.1. | Publications | 52 |
| 10.2. | Websites | 54 |
| APPENDIX 1 | 55 | |
| Summary of Notable Players | 55 | |
| APPENDIX 2 | 59 | |
| IBISWorld Market Research: Findings on the Waste Management Industry (Private Sector) | 59 | |
| APPENDIX 3 | 62 | |
| Operation Phakisa Waste and Chemicals Economy Initiatives Across Four Workstreams | 62 | |
| COMPANY PROFILES | 63 | |
| AVERDA SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD | 63 | |
| COMPASS MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES (PTY) LTD | 66 | |
| CONSOLIDATED WASTE (PTY) LTD | 68 | |
| DONT WASTE GROUP (PTY) LTD | 70 | |
| DRIZIT ENVIRONMENTAL (PTY) LTD | 72 | |
| DSW CLEANSING AND SOLID WASTE (DIV OF ETHEKWINI METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY) | 74 | |
| DUMPIT S A WASTE REMOVAL (PTY) LTD | 76 | |
| ENVIROSERV WASTE MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD | 78 | |
| ESKOM ROTEK INDUSTRIES SOC LTD | 82 | |
| INTER-WASTE (PTY) LTD | 85 | |
| JOBE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS (PTY) LTD | 88 | |
| ORICOL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (PTY) LTD | 90 | |
| PIKITUP JOHANNESBURG SOC LTD | 92 | |
| RAPID SPILL RESPONSE CC | 95 | |
| ROYAL HASKONINGDHV (PTY) LTD | 97 | |
| TEDCOR GROUP (PTY) LTD | 100 | |
| WASTE GROUP (PTY) LTD (THE) | 102 | |
| WASTE-MART (PTY) LTD | 105 | |
| WASTEPLAN (PTY) LTD | 107 | |
| WATER AND WASTE SERVICES (DIVISION OF CITY OF CAPE TOWN) | 109 |
