National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)NoticesNational Domestic Waste Collection Standards3. Level of Service |
It is recognised that service levels may differ between areas depending on the practicality and cost efficiency of delivering the service. However, the standards for domestic waste collection as outlined below will be equally relevant to all different levels of domestic waste collection services.
Service levels may vary between:
| (a) | On-site appropriate and regularly supervised disposal (applicable mainly to remote rural areas with low density settlements and farms supervised by a waste management officer); |
| (b) | Community transfer to central collection point (medium density settlements); |
| (c) | Organised transfer to central collection points and/or kerbside collection (high density settlements); or |
| (d) | Mixture of (b) and (c) above for the medium to high density settlements. |