NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: WASTE ACT, 59 OF 2008: AMENDMENTS TO THE WASTE TYRE REGULATIONS, 2017

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: WASTE ACT, 59 OF 2008: AMENDMENTS TO THE WASTE TYRE REGULATIONS, 2017

Notice Title: National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 59 of 2008 (“NEMWA”): Amendments to the Waste Tyre Regulations, 2017

Government Notice: GN 4541 in GG 50321 on 20 March 2024

Commencing date: 20 March 2024

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, in terms of sections 69(1)(b), (e) and (ee) of the NEMWA, amend the Waste Tyre Regulations, GNR 1064 of 29 September 2017.

Amendments include amongst other:

  • Inclusion and deletion of definitions
  • Prohibitions
  • Duty to mutilate
  • Registration
  • Legacy stockpiles
  • Waste tyre storage areas
  • Waste tyre storage plans
  • a waste tyre management plan, etc.

For a copy of the Government Gazette Notice click here.

For more information or assistance please contact Jan Nel at jan@shangoni.co.za.

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