Directions in terms of section 20(5)(b) of the Environment Conservation Act with regard to the control and management of general and communal and general small waste disposal sites (G.N. No. 91 of 2002).

This Notice, made under sections 25 of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989, contains directions regarding the control and management of general and communal and general small waste disposal sites. The Directions concern, among other things: registration of sites; specification of waste that may be deposited at sites; planning, construction and decommissioning of sites; operation, access and monitoring of sites; reporting; closure and rehabilitation of site; and leasing and alienation of sites. The Directions also provide for punishment of offences.