Environmental Affairs to oppose court application by SATRP and Bridgestone

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.