Request for Public Comment - Draft Norms and Standards for the Treatment of Organic Waste

Draft Norms and Standards for the Treatment of Organic Waste – Public Comment

DEFF has published the draft Norms and Standards for the Treatment of Organic Waste [Click].

These N&S cover a wide range of treatment solutions: mechanical, chemical, anaerobic, aerobic, and thermal. 

The purpose of these N&S is to streamline the licensing process for organic waste beneficiation.

Members of the public are invited to submit comments to the notice within thirty (30) days of 29 March 2021. 

All comments are to be submitted to DEFF's Anben Pillay via the contact details in the notice. 

Members of the public are invited to submit, within thirty (30) days of the date of publication of this Notice in
the Government Gazette, written representations or objections to the proposed amendments to the following
addresses:
By post to The Director-General
Attention: Mr Anben Pillay
Department of Environment, Forestry, and Fisheries
Private Bag X447
PRETORIA
0001
By hand at Reception, Environment House, 473 Steve Biko Road, Arcadia, 0083.
Please note that anyone entering the Department's building will be subjected to COVID 19 procedures.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic delivering comments by hand at the Department is being discouraged.

By e-mail at APillay@environment.gov.za 

Any inquiries in connection with the notice can be directed to Mr. Anben Pillay at (012) 399 -9827 or 066 489 6132

A copy of the draft national norms and standards for the treatment of organic waste can also be accessed at http://sawic.environment.gov.za
under "Draft documents for comment", or refer to the attached document below;