National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)Chapter 5 : Licensing of Waste Management Activities45. Application for waste management licences |
| (1) | A person who requires a waste management licence must apply for the licence by lodging an application with the licensing authority. |
| (2) | An application for a waste management licence must be accompanied by— |
| (a) | the prescribed processing fee; and |
| (b) | such documentation and information as may be reasonably required by the licensing authority. |
| (3) | A person who requires a waste management licence for a waste management activity which involves the treatment of waste by incineration must submit, together with any documentation or information contemplated in subsection (2), information on— |
| (a) | the types of waste that will be incinerated; |
| (b) | the existence of any incinerators in the jurisdiction of the licensing authority which are authorised to incinerate waste which is substantially similar to that waste; and |
| (c) | alternative environmentally sound methods, if any, that could be used to treat that waste. |