National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)

In this Schedule any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned int he Act and associated regulations, shall have the meaning so assigned, and unless the context otherwise indicates—

"construction"

means the building, erection or establishment of a facility, structure or infrastructure that is necessary for the undertaking of a waste management activity, but excludes any modification, expansion, alteration or upgrading of such facility, structure or infrastructure that does not result in a change to the nature of the activity being undertaken or an increase in the range of outputs for the facility;

"co-processing"

means the utilisation of alternative fuels and/or raw materials in industrial processes for the purpose of energy and/or resource recovery and resultant reduction in the use of conventional fuels and/or raw materials through substitution;

"expansion"

means the modification, extension, alteration or upgrading of a facility, structure of infrastructure at which a waste management activity takes place in such a manner that the capacity of the facility or the volume of waste recycled, used, treated, processed or disposed of is increased;

"facility"

means a place, infrastructure, structure or containment of any kind including associated structures or infrastructure, wherein, upon or at, a waste management activity takes place and includes a waste transfer facility, a waste storage facility, container yard, waste disposal facility, incinerators, lagoons, recycling, co-processing or composting facilities;

"lagoon"

means the containment of waste in excavations and includes evaporation dams, earth cells, sewage treatment facilities and sludge farms;

"operational area"

an area where waste is handled including the storage areas;

"temporary storage"

means a once off storage of waste for a period not exceeding 90 days;

"the Act"

means the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008).