National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)Chapter 4 : Waste Management MeasuresPart 3 : Reduction, re-use, recycling and recovery of waste17. Reduction, re-use, recycling and recovery of waste |
| (1) | Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, any person who undertakes an activity involving the reduction, re-use, recycling or recovery of waste must, before undertaking that activity, ensure that the reduction, re-use, recycling or recovery of the waste— |
| (a) | uses less natural resources than disposal of such waste; and |
| (b) | to the extent that it is possible, is less harmful to the environment than the disposal of such waste. |
| (2) | The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister of Trade and Industry and by notice in the Gazette, require any person or category of persons to— |
| (a) | provide for the reduction, re-use, recycling and recovery of products or components of a product manufactured or imported by that person; or |
| (b) | include a determined percentage of recycled material in a product that is produced, imported or manufactured by that person or category of persons. |
| (3) |
| (a) | Before publishing a notice in terms of subsection (2), or any amendment to the notice, the Minister must follow a consultative process in accordance with sections 72 and 73. |
| (b) | Paragraph (a) need not be complied with if the notice is amended in a non-substantive manner. |