Environmental Affairs to oppose court application by SATRP and Bridgestone

The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa and Environmental Affairs director-general, Nosipho Ngcaba will oppose an application by the South African Tyre Recycling Process Company NPC (SATRP) and Bridgestone South Africa (Pty) Ltd. The minister, director-general and the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa NPC (REDISA) were served with a notice of motion on Thursday, 30 August by SATRP and Bridgestone.

6 Sep 2012

The applicants have served an urgent application on the minister and the DG in which they seek an urgent interdict and a declaratory order to the effect that they should not be compelled to subscribe to the REDISA Integrated Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan (IIWTMP) pending the minister's approval or otherwise of the IIWTMP submitted by SATRP. The REDISA plan was recently approved by the minister for immediate implementation.

The matter will be heard in the North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday, 11 September 2012.