The South African Cabinet approved a National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) in December that spells out the overarching methods to implement the Waste Act (2008) and its Waste Management Strategy, says Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa.
Government has, through the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs, developed and amended legislation to address the general waste management problem in the country and the NWMS is the master plan for the implementation of the legislation, she says.