"baling"

means the manual or mechanical tying, bundling or wrapping of  compressed waste material;

"chipping"

means the manual or mechanical chopping or cutting of garden waste into smaller pieces in preparation for further processing;

"competent authority"

means, the organ of state charged by the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008) (as amended), as the licensing authority;

"crushing"

means breaking-down of waste into small pieces by pressing or pounding using mechanical or manual means;

"grinding"

means breaking-down or reducing waste material to smaller fragments or a powder through manual or mechanical friction;

"impermeable surface"

means an area provided with a physical barrier or a membrane that prevents leaching of waste into the soil;

"operational area"

means an area where waste is sorted, shredded, ground, crushed, screened, chipped or baled;

"screening"

means a process or system for examining, removing or separating material from the waste stream identified through sorting for a specific process;

"shredding"

means the breaking down of waste material, through manual or mechanical cutting or tearing, into smaller parts;

"sorting"

means the manual or automated separation of waste materials according to type, class, state of contamination or usability for a particular purpose;

"waste facility"

means a commercial place, infrastructure or containment of any kind including associated structures or infrastructure where there is sorting, shredding, grinding, crushing, screening, chipping or baling of general waste.