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The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2019

Liz Kneale | South Africa | 06 February 2019

The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2017

Liz Kneale | South Africa | 12 October 2017

The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2015

Liz Kneale | South Africa | 29 June 2015

The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2014

Liz Kneale | South Africa | 24 March 2014

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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.

Solid Waste Management

South Africa’s 826 landfill sites take in 98 million tons of waste each year. Just less than 39% of general waste is recycled and more than 61% treated or landfilled, while just 6% of hazardous waste is re-used or recycled and 94% treated or landfilled. The World Bank forecasts that waste generation in sub-Saharan Africa will reach 516 million tons per year in 2050.

Reaching Capacity

Landfills in Gauteng and the Western Cape are almost at capacity and cities are looking for more landfill facilities. The poor financial status of the local government sector, which is mandated to provide waste management services, could affect its ability to provide basic services including waste management. South Africa’s waste 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.

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The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2019

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R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $101.74 (USD)*

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Table of Contents

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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

Report Coverage

The detailed report on the management of solid waste in South Africa examines current conditions and developments as well as factors that influence the success of the sector. Profiles are provided for 21 companies including global waste management group Averda which announced the acquisition of Solid Waste Technologies (SWT), a healthcare medical waste company, in February 2017. The acquisition of SWT alongside SharpMed, acquired in 2016, makes Averda one of the largest and most comprehensive end-to-end healthcare waste management businesses in South Africa. Also profiled are smaller role players such as Rapid Spill Response CC and Jobe Environmental Systems (Pty) Ltd.

Solid Waste Management

The most recent statistics from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) revealed that in 2011 South Africans generated approximately 108 million tonnes of waste and 90% of this amount was disposed of at landfill. According to the Gauteng Provincial Government, which published waste-related statistics based on the Phakisa Lab, August 2017 findings this total has now 111 million tonnes, with 75% being disposed in landfill. The public and private waste sector contributed 0.62% to GDP up from 0.51% and an estimated value of R15.3bn in 2011.

Moving away from Landfilling

South Africa and its major metropolitan municipalities are facing one of their biggest challenges as more and more people come to live in cities, putting a strain on infrastructure and service delivery in terms of solid waste management. Although updated information on the current scale and status of the solid waste management sector is not available from the DEA, the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa confirmed that there has been “an increased focus on resource recovery in Southern Africa’s waste management landscape. Moving away from landfilling towards recycling, waste disposal alternatives and waste-to-energy initiatives, the industry at large is embarking on waste as a resource to ultimately lighten the load on the ever-decreasing landfill airspace.”

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Industry Overview

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Table of Contents

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Industry Value Chain 2
2.2. Geographic Position 4
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 6
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 11
4.1. Local 11
4.1.1. Corporate Actions 19
4.1.2. Regulations 20
4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 22
4.2. Continental 25
4.3. International 28
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 30
5.1. Economic Environment 30
5.2. Rising Operating Costs 31
5.3. Infrastructure 31
5.4. Labour 32
5.5. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 35
5.6. Alternative Treatment Technologies to Divert Waste from Landfill 39
5.7. Environmental Concerns 44
5.8. Cyclicality 45
6. COMPETITION 45
6.1. Barriers to Entry 46
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 47
8. OUTLOOK 48
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 48
10. REFERENCES 49
10.1. Publications 49
10.2. Websites 50
APPENDIX 1 52
Alternative Waste Treatment Options Suitable for African Countries 52
COMPANY PROFILES 53
AVERDA SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 53
COMPASS MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES (PTY) LTD 56
CONSOLIDATED WASTE (PTY) LTD 58
DRIZIT ENVIRONMENTAL CC 60
DSW CLEANSING AND SOLID WASTE (DIVISION OF ETHEKWINI METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY) 62
DUMPIT SA WASTE REMOVAL (PTY) LTD 64
ENVIROSERV WASTE MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD 66
ESKOM ROTEK INDUSTRIES SOC LTD 70
INFORMAL SETTLEMENT WATER AND WASTE SERVICES (DIVISION OF CITY OF CAPE TOWN) 73
INTER-WASTE (PTY) LTD 74
JOBE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS (PTY) LTD 77
ORICOL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (PTY) LTD 79
PIKITUP JOHANNESBURG (PTY) LTD 81
RAPID SPILL RESPONSE CC 84
RECYCLING SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD 86
ROYAL HASKONINGDHV (PTY) LTD 88
TEDCOR GROUP (PTY) LTD 91
WASTE GIANT INVESTMENT HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD 93
WASTE GROUP (PTY) LTD (THE) 95
WASTE-MART (PTY) LTD 97
WASTEPLAN (PTY) LTD 99

Report Coverage

This report describes the current situation in the waste management industry, possible solutions to the challenges and factors influencing the success of the sector. The report also profiles 21 industry players, ranging from EnviroServ Waste Management Ltd which specialises in the transport and disposal of hazardous waste and employs 2,285 people to Talbot and Talbot based in KwaZulu-Natal which is a specialist water management and treatment company employing 140 people

Waste Management

This report covers the management of solid waste and the collection and treatment of domestic wastewater, a sector where both public and private companies are involved.

Challenges in the Sector

Research shows that in the solid waste sector 90% of South African municipal waste ends up on landfills. A critical shortage of current landfill space, worsened by the lack of availability of space for future landfills, strict regulatory requirements and lengthy environmental impact assessment processes are all problems confronting the solid waste sector. Added to these are the increasing amounts of e-waste and the lack of medical waste disposal facilities, which has resulted in medical waste being dumped illegally. In the water sector many municipalities lack the technical capacity to build and manage their wastewater treatment systems. The DWS Green Drop 2013 assessment report shows that of a total of 824 Waste Water Treatment Works, 248 or 31% are in a critical state, and require regulatory surveillance, and only 50% are rated average and above.

The Way Forward

The National Waste Management Strategy promotes waste diversion from landfill through waste minimisation, re-use, recycling and recovery. Initiatives using alternative treatment technologies for a range of waste streams have been encouraged and are being implemented. By optimising the economic value of waste as a resource, the Department of Science and Technology believes the direct contribution of the waste sector to GDP can grow from the current estimate of 0.51% to 1.0%.

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The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2015

Full Report

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $101.74 (USD)*

Industry Overview

R 1 330.00(ZAR) estimated $ 71.21 (USD)*

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The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2019-02-06

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $101.74 (USD)*

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The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2017-10-12

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The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2014-03-24

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Table of Contents

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Industry Supply Chain 3
2.2. Geographic Position 4
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 5
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 10
4.1. Local 10
4.1.1. Corporate Actions 17
4.1.2. Regulations & Government Programmes 18
4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 21
4.2. Continental 23
4.3. International 25
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 28
5.1. Economic Environment 28
5.2. Rising Operating Costs 29
5.3. Labour 29
5.3.1. General 29
5.3.2. Unions 30
5.3.3. Skills and Training 31
5.4. Infrastructure 32
5.5. Information Technology 33
5.6. Growing Realisation of the Economic Value of Waste 35
5.7. Implementation of Alternative Treatment Technologies to Divert Waste from Landfill 37
5.8. Environmental Concerns 42
5.9. Cyclicality 42
5.10. Electricity Supply Constraints 43
6. COMPETITION 44
6.1. Barriers to Entry 44
6.2. Research and Development (R&D) 45
6.3. Innovation 46
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 48
8. OUTLOOK 49
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 49
10. REFERENCES 50
10.1. Publications 50
10.2. Websites 52
APPENDIX 1 54
National Waste Management Summit Resolutions 54
APPENDIX 2 55
Typical Anaerobic Digestion Process Flow Diagram 55
ORGANOGRAM 56
COMPANY PROFILES 58
COMPASS WASTE SERVICES (PTY) LTD 58
CONSOLIDATED WASTE (PTY) LTD 60
DRIZIT-ENVIRONMENTAL CC 62
DSW CLEANSING & SOLID WASTE (DIVISION OF ETHEKWINI METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY) 64
DUMPIT SA WASTE REMOVAL (PTY) LTD 66
ENVIROSERV WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD 68
INTER-WASTE (PTY) LTD 73
ORICOL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (PTY) LTD 76
OTTO WASTE SYSTEMS (PTY) LTD 78
PIKITUP JOHANNESBURG SOC LTD 80
RAPID SPILL RESPONSE CC 84
RECYCLING SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD 86
ROSHCON SOC LTD 88
ROYAL HASKONINGDHV (PTY) LTD 91
SOLID WASTE TECHNOLOGIES SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 93
TALBOT AND TALBOT (PTY) LTD 95
TEDCOR GROUP (PTY) LTD 97
UTILITY SERVICES (DIVISION OF CAPE TOWN UNICITY) 100
WASTE GIANT INVESTMENT HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD 102
WASTE GROUP (PTY) LTD (THE) 104
WASTE PLAN (PTY) LTD 106
WASTE-MART (PTY) LTD 108
WASTEMAN HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD 110

Extract

There about 45 000 t of Health Care Risk Waste (HCRW) generated annually in South Africa, with well-publicised examples of illegal storage and dumping...

Description

This report covers the management of solid waste, excluding recycling, and the collection and treatment of domestic wastewater, excluding industrial and mining wastewater, a sector where public and private companies are involved. The total value of the sector was estimated at R15.3bn in 2012, with R8.3bn attributed to the formal public sector and R6.5bn to the private waste sector.

The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2014

Full Report

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $101.74 (USD)*

Industry Overview

R 1 330.00(ZAR) estimated $ 71.21 (USD)*

Historical Reports

The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2019-02-06

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $101.74 (USD)*

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The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2017-10-12

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $101.74 (USD)*

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The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2015-06-29

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $101.74 (USD)*

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Table of Contents

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Solid Waste Management 1
2.2. Wastewater Collection and Treatment 1
2.3. Industry Supply Chain 2
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 2
3.1. Solid Waste Management 2
3.2. Wastewater Collection and Treatment 3
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 6
4.1. Local 6
4.1.1. Solid Waste Management 6
4.1.2. Wastewater Collection and Treatment 8
4.1.3. Corporate Actions 9
4.1.4. Regulations 9
4.1.5. Black Economic Empowerment 10
4.2. Continental 10
4.3. International 11
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 12
5.1. Economic Environment 12
5.2. Infrastructure 12
5.3. Labour Resources 13
5.3.1. Unions 13
5.3.2. Productivity 14
5.3.3. Skills and Training 14
5.3.4. Job Creation and SMME Development 15
5.4. Rising Operating Costs 16
5.5. Information Technology 17
5.6. Technology 17
5.7. Environmental Concerns 18
5.8. Cyclicality 19
6. COMPETITION 20
6.1. Barriers to Entry 20
6.2. Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 20
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 21
8. OUTLOOK 21
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 21
10. REFERENCES 22
10.1. Publications 22
10.2. Websites 23
APPENDIX 1 24
National Waste Management Strategy Goals 24
APPENDIX 2 25
Regulations 25
APPENDIX 3 26
Estimated Solid Waste Management Costs 26
APPENDIX 4 27
Industrial Action and Work Stoppages 27
APPENDIX 5 29
Capacity Required to Implement the Waste Act 29
APPENDIX 6 30
Current Wastewater-related Qualifications 30
APPENDIX 7 31
Waste-To-Energy Programme Opportunities 31
APPENDIX 8 32
Current Waste-Related Research Programmes 32
ORGANOGRAM 33
COMPANY PROFILES 35
BUHLE WASTE (PTY) LTD 35
CAPE TOWN UNICITY UTILITY SERVICES DIVISION 36
COMPASS WASTE SERVICES (PTY) LTD 37
CONSOLIDATED WASTE (PTY) LTD 39
DRIZIT-ENVIRONMENTAL CC 41
DSW CLEANING & SOLID WASTE (DIVISION OF ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY) 43
DUMPIT SA WASTE REMOVAL (PTY) LTD 44
ELECTRONIC RESTORATION SERVICES (PTY) LTD 45
ENVIROSERV WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD 46
INTER-WASTE (PTY) LTD 49
ORICOL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (PTY) LTD 51
OTTO WASTE SYSTEMS (PTY) LTD 52
PIKITUP JOHANNESBURG (SOC) LTD 53
RAPID SPILL RESPONSE CC 55
ROSHCON SOC LTD 56
SOLID WASTE TECHNOLOGIES SA (PTY) LTD 58
TALBOT & TALBOT (PTY) LTD 60
TEDCOR GROUP (PTY) LTD 62
VESTPOINT 106 (PTY) LTD 63
WASTE GIANT INVESTMENT HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD 64
WASTE GROUP (PTY) LTD (THE) 65
WASTE PLAN (PTY) LTD 66
WASTEMAN HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD 67