| (1) | In this Schedule, unless the context indicates otherwise, any word or expression that is defined in the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008) (as amended) has the same meaning, and— |
"baling"
means the manual or mechanical tying, bundling or wrapping of compressed waste material;
"chipping"
means the manual or mechanical chopping or cutting of garden waste into smaller pieces in preparation for further processing;
"competent authority"
means, the organ of state charged by the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008) (as amended), as the licensing authority;
"crushing"
means breaking-down of waste into small pieces by pressing or pounding using mechanical or manual means;
"grinding"
means breaking-down or reducing waste material to smaller fragments or a powder through manual or mechanical friction;
"impermeable surface"
means an area provided with a physical barrier or a membrane that prevents leaching of waste into the soil;
"operational area"
means an area where waste is sorted, shredded, ground, crushed, screened, chipped or baled;
"screening"
means a process or system for examining, removing or separating material from the waste stream identified through sorting for a specific process;
"shredding"
means the breaking down of waste material, through manual or mechanical cutting or tearing, into smaller parts;
"sorting"
means the manual or automated separation of waste materials according to type, class, state of contamination or usability for a particular purpose;
"waste facility"
means a commercial place, infrastructure or containment of any kind including associated structures or infrastructure where there is sorting, shredding, grinding, crushing, screening, chipping or baling of general waste.
| (2) | For any action contemplated in terms of these Norms and Standards for which a timeframe is prescribed, the specified numbers of days are calendar days. |
