Intermunicipal IDP Workshop:
Greater Cape Town Region
City of Cape Town’s
Waste Management
Date: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
City of Cape Town
Waste Management i.t.o. Cape Town’s IDP
Key Objectives: Waste Management
Provision of basic services: cleaning, collection and
waste disposal
Economy-led infrastructure development
Upgrading of existing infrastructure to enable waste
minimisation
Create new bulk infrastructure: new CT landfill site,
more drop-off sites/ mini Material Recovery Facilities
Demand management: waste minimisation
Recycling: processing is a private sector activity
Local initiatives: separation at source – requires
public and industry participation: small contractor/
community initiatives
CITY OF CAPE TOWN CONTEXT
• Metro municipality:
• Demarcated area of approx 2 400 km2;
• Current population 3.2 mill, growing at about
2% p.a. (70% of WC);
• About 80% of WC economic activity;
• Waste generated 2.7 mill tonnes (2005);
• Waste growth @ ave. 7% p.a.
• Recycling about 13-15 % (2003/04): organics
(chipping & composting), builder’s rubble,
plastics, paper
• Council must:
• ensure cleaning, collection and waste disposal
activities per Constitution, Sched 5B;
• regulate services per MSA, S.80;
• set policy & by-laws (MSA, S.11);
• have an IWM Plan (Nat IP&WM Policy, MSA
S.11)
• New IWM Policy refocuses traditional waste
management services to institutionalise
minimisation
Waste Management i.t.o. Cape Town’s IDP
Sector Plan for Waste Management (statutory plan)
Part of the IDP, includes Integrated Waste Management
Plan (activity schedule that has a link to the SDBIP’s)
Based on 20-year waste, development & infrastructure
planning
Supported by an IWM Policy (1st for a municipality in SA,
adopted in May 2006)
Encompasses 16 strategies to deliver on the IWM Plan
Waste Minimisation
Waste Management Services
Logistics
Support services
Staffing
Law enforcement
Waste Management for FIFATM2010 World Cup
Planning completed and aligned with FIFA Green Goal expectations:
Major operating budget shortfall: R61.8 mill additional funds
requested
Minimise waste
Create economic opportunity through waste minimisation during this
period
Create partnerships: Packaging Industry focus
Legacy opportunity: change habits and implement systems utilising
a partnership approach
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2008/09
2010/11
2012/13
2018/19
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2022/23
Plan for
“Zero waste”
Effect/ Implications of Waste Minimisation
Roll-out/Implementation must:
•Create infrastructure;
•Educate, make all aware;
•Encourage Public/industry participat ion;
•Facilitate creation of recycling market through partnerships (industry, NGO’s, CBO’s);
•Enable job creation through recycling rather than through clean-ups
•Enforce stricter standards
Waste Management in future City of Cape Town
Create sustainability and opportunity - brief background :
Looming problems: increasing population, economic activity and tourism (a focus
in the WC economic development programme) = more waste that is filling
landfills, and landfill airspace is running out.
Growth has a price - with prosperity comes consumption and waste.
Unexpected problems: E.g. energy crisis resulted in unexpected waste last year
and in the future.
Tourism (backbone of ASGISA and WC Econ Dev Plan) – unplanned waste
Facts and Figures: 2% Population growth, expected waste growth (net = 5% more
than population growth – must be slowed down).
Capex requirements for new infrastructure: implications on tariffs and rates
unsustainable – lends itself to MSP’s
Challenges: to turn around manufacturing and waste management models in
industry, waste management practices and consumer habits that will reduce
waste, but also create economic opportunity
Waste is valuable!
Future legislation: Waste Management Bill (Act), National Waste Management
Strategy, possible Treasury legislation on environmental fiscal reform, City’s IWM Bylaw
Minimal control over private sector: maximise opportunities, but
Regulate activities: control of waste management activities to prevent degradation
of environment and reduce resource impacts
Waste Minimisation Approach and Rationale
80/20 on waste types: “low hanging fruit”
Rationale: higher volumes, reasonable markets
Successes already evident
Recycling: a private sector/CBO/NGO activity
1st Economy focus: to establish a sustainable market for low hanging fruits”
(processors & manufacturers: tins, glass, paper, cardboard, demolition
waste, garden waste, etc)
If market demand is firm, it should stabilise effects on the 2nd Economy
(create stable jobs and income, shared growth)
This end of the process requires high capex/opex and expertise
80/20 focus of an implementation mechanism: target areas/facilities where
high concentrations of people gather, trade, enjoy their leisure
Improve efficiencies and recovery volumes through economies of scale
Mutual Benefits (reduce resource, landfill & infrastructure pressures, create
economic opportunities for all: true Triple Bottom Line approach)
CT Waste Minimisation Summit: Issues raised
Land availability: Council or other suitable for recycling activities
Infrastructure and facilities
Temporary storage: permitting
Security and public safety
Grants and funding vs. concessions (MSA S.78 requirements)
Can drop-offs be converted to become buy-back centres (is it desirable,
sustainable)
Red Tape: EIA’s, zoning, plans approval, permits for waste management activities
(speed of approval, standard procedures, etc: streamlining and cutting red tape)
Possible partnerships: Formalised (MSP/PPP), non-formalised
Service levels by private sector: collection frequencies, etc
Implications on the status quo: current contracts need to be amended
Incentives, disincentives
Job creation, training in waste management
Clearer definition of responsibilities, roles: Municipality vs. private sector/ CBO’s/ NGO’s/
residents
Communication, education and training: the role of schools
Information: reporting and information sharing
Regulation and law enforcement
Recycling
Materials
Producer/
Manufacturer
80/20 approach:
Low hanging fruit &
specific initiatives
Waste Management
Service Providers
(Store, Recover, Recycle)
E-Waste
Garden
Greens
Construction/
Demolition
Recycle
Recover, Collect:
Divert waste from landfill
Reuse, Reduce
Producer,
Manufacturer
Wholesaler/
Retailer/
Prop Manager
Avoid
User/
Consumer
Waste Management
Service Providers
(Clean, Collect &
Dispose)
Importer
Virgin
Material
Producer
80/20 approach:
Areas/ Places of
high public
concentration
Municipality
(Waste
Regulator)
Raw Material
Waste
Proposed approach to increase Waste Recovery Volumes and Recycling Activities in Cape Town
Key questions
What should all municipalities in the region be doing to facilitate more
recycling?
How can effective value chains and practical mechanisms be created to
enable recycling that will effectively divert larger volumes of valuable
waste from landfills?
What can be done to enable/ improve/ facilitate new investments (i.e.
formal or 1st Economy) that will stimulate job growth in both the formal
and informal economies (1st and 2nd Economies).
Need for a regional waste management/ infrastructure working
group?
Regional context
Impact on CT’s landfills: cross-boundary economy
Synergies that can be explored
Bulk infrastructure: Landfill – however, new landfill is only
designed for CT’s waste (30 year life)
Logistics and transport: cost reduction, alternatives
Communication, education: common problem
Investment in the City
Extensive work required to determine “new” budget
arrangement, Service Level Agreements, etc
Conclusion
Let us work together
for a better city