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WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP FOR STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP FOR THE REVISION OF THE 2THE REVISION OF THE 2NDND EDITION EDITION OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENTSOF MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

5 February 20045 February 2004

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“This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

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Open dump, bordering residents

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Proper fence, compaction, cover, small work face

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Burning site: air pollution (houses in background)

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Scavenging (for livelihood)

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Scavenging and living on landfill

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Sanitary landfill, area method, regular cover and compaction(on reclaimed land)

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Unauthorised waste processing (leaking drums in front of sludge pond)

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After the clean-up

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Farm: Groundwater as a strategic resource

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WESTERN CAPE: TABLE MOUNTAIN

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POINTS OF DISCUSSION

Introduction Core Objectives Specific Objectives Project Process Participation Project Structure Consultants Selection Criteria Conclusion

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INTRODUCTION

DWAF truly appreciates your presence.

PURPOSE of the National Workshop:To inform (to create national awareness andparticipation in the Revision of 2nd Edition

Facilitate participation (to ensure that the Revisionresponsibly represents the needs and vision of SA wastecommunity regarding Hazardous waste, Landfilling and Monitoring

PARTIAL COMPLIANCE

FOCUS: To reasonabily solve unsolved issues of 2nd Edition

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AREAS OF PARTIAL IMPROVEMENT

i. Dumpsites Sanitary landfillsii. Laissez fairre Command and

controliii. Concept permits Integrated pollution

control authorisation

iv. 0% 75 % sites authorisedv. Externalised costs Internalised (sharp

increase in disposal cost)

vi. First choice dumping First choice avoidance

vii. Scavenging Professionalising waste practices

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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)

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INTRODUCTION

DWAF truly appreciates your presence.

PURPOSE of the National Workshop:

To inform (to create national awareness andparticipation in the Revision of 2nd Edition

Facilitate participation (to ensure that the Revisionresponsibly represents the needs and vision of SA wastecommunity regarding Hazardous waste, Landfilling and Monitoring

PARTIAL COMPLIANCE

FOCUS: To reasonabily solve unsolved issues of 2nd Edition

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PROJECT CORE OBJECTIVE

To innovatively improve the standard of Waste

Management in South Africa

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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES –HAZARDOUS WASTE

Down stream users

Risk protocols

Nett risk

Simulation test

Sectoral approaches

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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES –LANDFILL

Internalise externalised costs

Quality control

Extended Responsibilities

Human Rights Issues

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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES –MONITORING

Capturing technological advances in monitoring

Quality control

Selective adoption of world trends in monitoring

Performance auditing

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PROJECT PROCESS / PHASES

Structural Alignment

Creating Document Framework

Populate Framework

Peer Review

Full Integration

Preserve the genetic code of MRs

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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

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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

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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

PM

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Project Leader, Mr L Bredenhann

with DWAF Project Management Team

(Mr Le Roux, Dr Abbott, Mrs Tsebe, et al)

Nation

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takeh

olders

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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.

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“Co-operation is spelled withtwo letters, - WE”

GEORGE M. VERITY

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“Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress,Working together is success”

HENRY FORD