Waste Amendment Act a core focus at WasteCon 2014

19 Sep 2014

Pertinent issues relating to the new National Environmental Management Waste Amendment Act (NEMWAA), structures and the impact it has within the South African economy and landscape will be a core focus at this year's waste management conference, WasteCon 2014.

Waste Amendment Act a core focus at WasteCon 2014

The conference will be held at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West from 6-10 October.

WasteCon 2014 will be hosting key industry-related workshops during the five-day event at this critical waste management conference. One of these sessions will be the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), who will reporting on NEMWAA 2014 during their session on 9 October 2014. NEMWAA 2014 will be covered extensively during this session giving government the opportunity to report back on the Act.

Mark Gordon, Deputy Director-General: Chemicals and Waste Management, Kgauta Mokoena, Chief Director: Chemicals and Waste Policy, Monitoring and Evaluation and Anben Pillay, Director: Waste Policy and Information Management, will lead this two-hour session. The workshop will give delegates the chance to familiarise themselves with the new Act set in motion earlier this year. This must-attend workshop will give an overview of NEMWAA 2014, the new pricing strategy, the Waste Management Bureau and the NEMWAA 2014 Regulations and Implementation Guide.

"During this specific workshop delegates will have the chance to understand the rationale for the amendment and new inclusions. They will also have the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the process of implementing the pricing strategy and the Amendment Act," says Dr Suzan Oelofse, president of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA).