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    The Solid Waste Management Industry in South Africa 2024

    Carole Veitch | South Africa | 28 October 2024

    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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    This report on solid waste management in South Africa includes information on public and private waste management services and responsibilities, provincial distribution of waste management, waste generation, access to waste management services, recycling and service delivery. There is information on key challenges and interventions, and additional information on electronic, plastic and medical waste. The report includes notable players, corporate actions and opportunities for SMEs and entrepreneurs. There are profiles of 19 companies including major foreign-owned players such as EnviroServ, Interwaste and Averda, medical waste companies such as Compass Medical Waste Services, e-waste companies such as EWaste Africa, and municipal companies such as Pikitup.

    Introduction

    • South Africa generates more than 125Mt of solid waste annually, most of which ends up in landfill sites.
    • 60% of households have access to regular refuse removal services.
    • Service delivery is significantly lower in rural areas, and inadequate or non-existent in informal settlements and poor urban areas, resulting in the proliferation of illegal dumping sites, littering and open burning of waste.
    • The delivery of waste management services is beset by challenges that pose significant health and environmental risks.
    • More than 80% of municipal landfill sites do not meet the minimum requirements and many waste disposal facilities are saturated, or nearing full capacity.
    • Stakeholders say it is critical to address unnecessary consumption and transition from a linear to a circular economy, focusing on sustainable practices.

    Trends

    • Focus on health concerns, ensuring that materials do not contain toxic additives and/or chemicals.
    • Focus on sustainable waste management practices, including waste prevention and reduction, diverting waste from landfill, designing for recyclability, reuse, recycling, repair and repurposing of products, and producing energy from waste.
    • Focus on the responsible management of problematic waste streams, notably plastics, tyres and hazardous waste, including e-waste.
    • Greater focus on the circular economy, with end-of-life products regarded as an economic resource, rather than waste.
    • Greater recognition of the need to integrate informal waste reclaimers into the formal waste sector and to improve their working conditions.
    • Through extended producer responsibility schemes, the responsibility for the management of packaging, e-waste and lighting waste is shifting from municipalities to producers, importers, brand owners and retailers.

    Opportunities

    • Develop and implement training and support services for informal waste reclaimers.
    • Develop educational programmes.
    • Develop technologies to improve the efficiency of waste management processes and to strengthen pollution control.
    • Develop voluntary extended producer responsibility programmes for the boatbuilding, ship repair and fishing sectors.
    • Establish buy-back centres and materials recovery facilities for recyclable materials.
    • Establish collection and recovery/recycling services for fast-growing waste streams such as e-waste and tyres.
    • Produce compost/fertiliser and/or biochar (charcoal) from organic waste.
    • Promote the beneficiation of waste, through composting, recycling, upcycling, repurposing, re-use/refill models, waste-to-energy.
    • Provide specialised waste services in other African countries.
    • Reduce the volume of packaging and food waste ending up in landfill sites by improving product design and designing for recyclability.

    Challenges

    • Inadequate pollution control, including open burning of potentially toxic waste, and limited enforcement of littering and illegal dumping by-laws.
    • Inadequate waste treatment infrastructure, a lack of technological support, vehicles and equipment.
    • Lack of public/community awareness regarding the health and environmental risks associated with waste mismanagement, illegal dumping and littering, and low levels of separation-at-source at the household level.
    • Lack of service delivery in rural areas and in informal settlements.
    • Lack of waste diversion infrastructure, including composting facilities, buy-back centres, materials recovery facilities, and recycling facilities.
    • The global trade in waste and recyclable materials affects the domestic market, causing price volatility.
    • Unsanitary landfills that are poorly constructed and/or inadequately managed, leading to leakage into the environment.
    • Waste generation is underreported and the methods used to provide estimates vary. Statistics are therefore unreliable.
    • Weak governance, institutional capacity constraints, insufficient budgetary allocations for waste management, unreliable data, mismanagement, corruption, and inadequate regulatory enforcement.
    • Working conditions that are unsafe and unhealthy, particularly for informal waste collectors.

    Outlook

    • Ensuring that all citizens have access to proper waste management services is a public health imperative and should be a priority of any waste management strategy.
    • Shifting from disposal to prevention, re-use, recovery and recycling provides opportunities for job creation and economic development.
    • Policy developments, including the finalisation of the global treaty on plastic pollution, will likely focus on strengthening regulations to promote circular economy principles and reducing environmental impact.
    • Increased waste generation and inadequate landfill capacity open up potential growth opportunities for private waste management companies to partner with government on composting, waste-to-energy and recycling.
    • With the responsibility for managing packaging, e-waste and lighting waste shifting to waste-producing companies, private waste management companies are expected to play an increasingly prominent role in sustainable waste management practices.

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 6
    2.2. Geographic Position 9
    2.3. Size of the Industry 10
    3. LOCAL 13
    3.1. State of the Industry 13
    3.2. Key Trends 21
    3.3. Key Issues 21
    3.4. Notable Players 22
    3.5. Trade 24
    3.6. Corporate Actions 28
    3.7. Regulations 28
    3.8. Enterprise Development and Social Development 30
    4. AFRICA 31
    5. INTERNATIONAL 35
    6. INFLUENCING FACTORS 38
    6.1. Unforeseen Events 38
    6.2. Economic Environment 39
    6.3. Labour 40
    6.4. Environmental Issues 41
    6.5. Technology, R&D, Innovation 43
    6.6. Government Support 44
    6.7. Input Costs 45
    7. COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT 46
    7.1. Competition 46
    7.2. Ownership Structure of the Industry 46
    7.3. Barriers to Entry 47
    8. INDUSTRY SUMMARY 47
    9. OUTLOOK 49
    10. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 50
    11. REFERENCES 50
    11.1. Publications 50
    11.2. Websites 54
    ANNEXURE 1 55
    Industry Legislation 55
    APPENDIX 1 61
    Summary of Notable Players 61
    COMPANY PROFILES 67
    AVERDA SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 67
    BACLAN ENERGY (PTY) LTD 70
    COMPASS MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES (PTY) LTD 71
    DONT WASTE GROUP (PTY) LTD 73
    DRIZIT ENVIRONMENTAL (PTY) LTD 75
    ENVIROSERV WASTE MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD 77
    ESKOM ROTEK INDUSTRIES SOC LTD 81
    INTER-WASTE (PTY) LTD 84
    MATONGONI GENERAL TRADING (PTY) LTD 87
    ORICOL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (PTY) LTD 89
    PIKITUP JOHANNESBURG (PTY) LTD 91
    RECYCLING CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD 94
    SA WASTE MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD 96
    SKIPWASTE (PTY) LTD 98
    VEOLIA SERVICES SOUTHERN AFRICA (PTY) LTD 100
    WASTE GROUP (PTY) LTD (THE) 103
    WASTE TRADE COMPANY (PTY) LTD (THE) 106
    WASTE-MART (PTY) LTD 107
    WASTEPLAN (PTY) LTD 109

    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.This 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.”Kate 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”. Kobus 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.

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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.

    Introduction

    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 Department of Environmental Affairs, the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) 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.” This report focuses on the management of solid waste, excluding recycling, while the collection and treatment of domestic wastewater, included in this siccode, is covered in the Who Owns Whom Report on the Collection, Purification, Testing and Distribution of Water published in September 2017.

    Strengths

    • Department of Science and Technology Waste R&D project in support of a green economy and the national system of innovation.
    • Supportive legislative framework, with the National Waste Management Strategy as implementation agent.

    Weaknesses

    • 90% of waste generated was still being disposed of to landfill in 2011.
    • Aging, outdated, poorly maintained and inadequate waste infrastructure and technology.
    • Due to lack of resources, it is often cheaper for municipalities to outsource rather than provide inefficient and inadequate services
    • Legislation not strictly enforced.
    • Skills shortages in the waste sectors.

    Opportunities

    • Increased capital investment resulting from government initiatives to develop infrastructure.
    • Job creation opportunities in the waste sector, including the DEA’s programmes such as Youth Jobs in Waste and Youth Environmental Services
    • 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 and the growing complexity of the waste stream which will put further pressure on poorly maintained, inadequate facilities.

    Outlook

    There is plenty of room for growth and development in the solid waste management sector. Jan Palm, IWMSA President, emphasised, “The waste management landscape needs to explore technologies to maximise diversion from landfill, such as the Waste to Energy (WtE) process. Not only does WtE alleviate the burden on available landfill airspace, it also provides an entirely new source of energy for South Africa, which can power many homes.” However, Webb Meko, Business Development Director for sub-Saharan Africa at engineering, procurement and construction firm, Black & Veatch, cautioned, “Capital investment challenges must be overcome to drive widespread adoption of WtE projects”. Meanwhile the Minister of Environmental Affairs explained that the introduction of the circular economy principle to solid waste management will require a radical rethink of the country’s perception of waste which should be seen as “a resource with value once it is recovered, reduced, re-used and recycled and provides the opportunity for beneficiation, enterprise development and innovation.” Of concern to stakeholders however is the capacity of current waste management facilities that require investment into maintenance and expansion.

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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\r\n

    Introduction

    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. In the solid waste sector 90% of South African municipal waste ends up on landfills. Recent research indicates that “at least R17bn per annum in terms of resource value, or R36bn per annum in terms of resource value plus avoided costs, is lost to South Africa’s economy through disposal to landfill. This loss of resources has a direct adverse impact on South Africa’s economy and its environment.” The Department of Science and Technology believes that the direct contribution of the waste sector to GDP can grow from the current estimate of 0.51% to 1.0% through optimisation of the economic value of waste as a resource.

    Strengths

    • Department of Science and Technology Waste and Water R&D projects in support of a green economy and the national system of innovation.
    • Supportive legislative framework, with the National Waste Management Strategy as implementation agent.

    Weaknesses

    • 90% of waste generated was still being disposed of to landfill in 2011.
    • Aging, outdated, poorly maintained and inadequate waste and wastewater infrastructure and technology.
    • Due to lack of resources, it is often cheaper for municipalities to outsource rather than provide inefficient and inadequate services.
    • Legislation not strictly enforced.
    • Skills shortages in the waste and wastewater treatment sectors.

    Opportunities

    • Increased capital investment resulting from government initiatives to develop infrastructure.
    • Job creation opportunities in the waste sector, including DEA’s programmes such as Youth Jobs in Waste and Youth Environmental Services
    • 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 and Water Act regulations and standards.
    • Population growth and the growing complexity of the waste stream which will put further pressure on poorly maintained, inadequate facilities.

    Outlook

    Both cabinet ministers in this sector are using fighting talk, with the DEA minister declaring “war on waste” and the DWS minister calling for “a water and sanitation revolution”. The Minister of Environmental Affairs emphasises that, “Waste has value – both a social and an economic value” and believes that if properly managed, the waste management sector could inject over R50bn into the economy of the country.” The Minister of Water and Sanitation estimates that R67bn is needed each year over the next decade to fund and maintain water and sanitation infrastructure. With the current budget of R16.4bn, better management and planning have to be implemented to bring about a move from highly centralised, expensive wastewater treatment plants to a combination of centralised and localised waste treatment operations, a move from high-energy wastewater treatment plants and technologies to low-energy and energy-producing wastewater treatment systems, and the building of smaller wastewater treatment plants that can be easily managed and that can be developed within a very short period of time.

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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

    Introduction

    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 most recent statistics show that in 2011, 90.1% of the 108 million tonnes of waste generated was disposed of to landfill. Commenting on this high percentage, the Deputy Minister of Environment Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, stressed that it is “imperative for the country to introduce innovative approaches in dealing with waste, particularly focusing on diverting waste from landfill disposal to other waste management options.” The effective implementation of the Waste Act No 59 of 2008 and its accompanying standards and regulations should, according to Dr Suzan Oelofse President of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) bring about much needed change.

    Strengths

    • Available government funding to reach Millennium\nDevelopment Goals for sanitation
    • Department of Science and Technology Waste and Water\nR&D projects in support of a green economy and the\nnational system of innovation.
    • Supportive legislative framework, with the National Waste\nManagement Strategy as implementation agent.

    Weaknesses

    • 90.1% of waste generated was still being disposed of to landfill in 2011.
    • Aging, outdated, poorly maintained and inadequate waste and wastewater infrastructure and technology.
    • Legislation not strictly enforced
    • Skills shortages in the waste and wastewater treatment sectors.

    Opportunities

    • Job creation opportunities in the waste sector, including\nDEA’s programmes such as Youth Jobs in Waste and Youth\nEnvironmental Services
    • The Green Economy Plan, supported by the R800m Green\nFund to facilitate investment in green initiatives to support\npoverty reduction and job creation.
    • Waste-to-energy as a means of generating energy and\nreducing waste disposal on landfill.

    Threats

    • Lack of compliance with environmental requirements, the Waste Act and Water Act regulations and standards.
    • Population growth and the growing complexity of the waste stream which will put further pressure on poorly maintained, inadequate facilities.

    Outlook

    With the increased demand for services as well as more complex and hazardous waste streams and wastewater constituents, there will be increased pressure on poorly maintained, inadequate facilities. Role players in both sectors mentioned that these factors will intensify the need to employ more skilled personnel, adapt current practices and introduce more innovative, appropriate and creative solutions. According to the National Waste Management Strategy, “while the elimination of waste in its entirety may not be feasible, it is possible through the systematic application of the waste management hierarchy to reach a point within the next few decades where, re-use, recycling, recovery and treatment overtake landfills as preferred options for waste management.”

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    Table of Contents

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    PAGE
    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

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