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ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION AMENDMENT BILL

This bill aims to transfer landfill site administration to the environmental minister, regulate waste streams, and control products impacting the environment and human health. It subdivides waste administration responsibilities and promotes waste minimization through economic incentives. The amendments empower the minister to regulate harmful products entering the waste stream, enhancing environmental conservation efforts.

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ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION AMENDMENT BILL

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  1. ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION AMENDMENT BILL PRESENTATION BY DEAT

  2. PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT • To provide for the transfer of landfill sites administration from the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry to the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism

  3. PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT (Continued….) • To provide the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism with powers to regulate waste streams through use of economic instruments ( in concurrence with Minister of Finance)

  4. PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT (Continued….) • To provide the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism with powers to regulate products which may pose a negative impact on the environment or human health when they reach the waste stream. E.g asbestos.

  5. AMENDMENT 1 : SECTION 20 • Responsibility for the administration of this function is sub-divided amongst DEAT, and Provinces • The responsibility entails the administration of general and hazardous waste sites

  6. AMENDMENT 2: SECTION 24(l) • In an attempt to move away from the traditional approach of “command and control” DEAT intends to incentivise the collection, reuse and recycling of waste • Amendment of this section is aimed at promoting waste minimisation and recycling of certain waste types through economic instruments

  7. AMENDMENT 3: SECTION 24b This amendment empowers the Minister to regulate products that may have detrimental effect on the environment if they enter the waste stream

  8. Conclusion The amendments will enhance the minister’s ability to discharge of his mandate THANK YOU

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