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Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989)

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Waste Tyre Regulations, 2009

Part 4 : Integrated Industry Waste Tyre Management Plans

9. Contents of an integrated industry waste tyre management plan

 

1) An integrated industry waste tyre management plan must at least-
a) identify the parties to the plan;
b) provide annual projection of the quantities and types of tyres that are manufactured or imported that will become waste tyres and will be managed through the integrated industry waste tyre management plan;
c) indicate how the waste hierarchy will be given effect in the integrated industry waste tyre management plan;
d) identify the manner in which waste tyre processors who will receive waste tyres through this plan will be identified;
e) identify the manner in which waste tyre transporters will be registered through the integrated industry waste tyre management plan and their duties;
f) identify the potential number of waste tyre storage sites that will be used by the integrated waste tyre management plan and the manner in which these sites will be registered with the plan;
g) identify the industry standards that will apply to waste tyre transporters, waste tyre storage sites and waste processors;
h) indicate how information on waste tyres collected and treated will be recorded;
i) identify the time frames in which the different types of tyres will be managed noting that all tyres and sizes of tyres must be managed through an integrated industry waste tyre management plan within five years of date of approval of plan;
j) provide estimations of the costs of implementing the waste tyre management plan for the first five years and the manner in which the activities of the waste tyre management plan will be financed;
k) provide details of the manner in which the contribution of each member of the plan will be determined and how the contribution will be collected and distributed;
l) indicate how the integrated industry waste tyre management plan will raise national awareness regarding the management of waste tyres;
m) provide details on how the integrated industry waste tyre management plan will address issues of social responsibility in the industry;
n) provide details of the manner in which previously disadvantaged individuals will be integrated into the implementation of the integrated industrial waste tyre management plan;
o) indicate how job creation, training and development will be realised in the industry;
p) indicate the extent of auditing and reporting on the integrated industry waste tyre management plan envisaged;
q) provide measures to be implemented to give effect to best environmental practice in respect of waste tyre management;
r) indicate the measures to be put in place to address the stockpiles of waste tyres;
s) provide estimations of annual financial contribution which will be set aside to address the legacy waste tyre stockpile and the measures to be put in place to deal with the legacy waste tyre stockpiles; and
t) annually provide details of agreements reached in terms of any waste tyre stockpile abatement plans.