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Landfill Design

Why do you need proper operationYou want to avoid

You need un-compacted waste to be an compacted waste area

Our missionFrom operation to conservation

Operational Plant

Introduction to National Environmental Waste Act 59 0f 2008 The challenge of waste management affects every person and institution in

society. The measures set out in the National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) cannot be undertaken without a collective approach to waste challenges, and the involvement of a broad range of stakeholders in their implementation.

This NWMS seeks to establish a common platform for action between stakeholders in order to systematically improve waste management in South Africa.

The NWMS is a legislative requirement of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008).

The National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 fundamentally reforms the law regulating waste management, and for the first time provides a coherent and integrated legislative framework addressing all the steps in the waste hierarchy.

In doing so it builds on the considerable body of environmental legislation which has developed since 1994. .

Company Profile: Trading Specifications The company was register with the Register of Close

Corporations in 2004 and commenced trading in the same year.

Core Services We focus on four market sectors namely

Operation and maintenance of landfill sites Construction Mining Transport of abnormal freight

Staff Compliment We currently have a staff compliment of 65 people

Three whites Six coloured Fifty six black Six women

Share holding Previously ownership 40% white male 33% white female and 27% black male

The Constitution of South Africa, 1996 (Act 108 of 1996) provides the foundation for environmental regulation and policy in South Africa

The right to environmental protection and to live in an environment that is not harmful to health or well-being is set out in the Bill of Rights (section 24 of Chapter 2).

This fundamental right underpins environmental policy (such as the White Papers on Environmental Management and Integrated Pollution and Waste Management) and law (principally the National Water Act; and National Environmental Management Act (NEMA)).

NEMA states that: “the State must respect, protect, promote and fulfil the social, economic and environmental rights of everyone and strive to meet the basic needs of previously disadvantaged communities; inequality in the distribution of wealth and resources, and the resultant poverty, are among the important causes as well as the results of environmentally harmful practices.”

The White Paper on Environmental Management established the concept of the waste hierarchy in South Africa environmental policy

DisposalTreatment

Recovery, Re-use & recycling

Waste Avoidance & Reduction

Waste Flows & Strategic Challenges The scientific understanding of the environmental hazards associated with

waste flows has made significant advances in recent years, methods of disposing waste streams that were considered appropriate 20 years ago are in some cases now recognized as problematic.

The overarching challenge of the NWMS is to address the growing pressure on outdated waste management infrastructure while at the same time improving the management standards that apply to particular waste flows.

General waste that presents particular strategic challenges includes: Domestic Waste Tyres Construction & Demolition Waste Mining Waste High Saline Waste

Minimum Requirements an Overview (For Waste Disposal By Landfill Second edition 1998) Background .The need for environmentally acceptable yet cost effective waste disposal has become a

priority in South Africa.

The objective of the Minimum Requirements for Waste Disposal by Landfill are: To improve the standard of waste disposal in South Africa To provide guidelines for environmentally acceptable waste disposal for a spectrum of landfill sizes and

types To provide a framework of minimum waste disposal standards within which to work and upon which

to build

Some Characteristics of Minimum Requirements for Waste Disposal by Landfill The rule rather than the exception decides a Minimum Requirement Minimum Requirements tend to concentrate on objectives and principles, rather than on detail Numerical requirements have been used with discretion The degree to which a Minimum Requirement is applicable is not specified Accepted principles are adopted Historically accepted practice is the basis for certain Minimum Requirements Practicality often dictates substantially less than the ideal, so that Minimum Requirements will

sometimes fall short of the ideal The Minimum Requirements address basic administrative procedures When the specific conditions are such that the Minimum Requirements prove inadequate, the

Department will prescribe higher standards

National Environmental Waste Act 59 of 2008

Objectives of the Act To reform the law regulating waste management in order to

protect health and the environment by providing reasonable measures for the prevention of pollution and ecological degradation and for securing ecologically sustainable development

To provide for institutional arrangements and planning matters To provide for national norms and standards for regulating the

management of waste by all spheres of government To provide for specific waste management measures To provide for the licencing and control of waste management

activities To provide for the remediation of contaminated land To provide for the national waste information system; To provide for compliance and enforcement; and to provide for

matters connected therewith

Acts Governing The National Environmental Waste Act The Constitution 1996 The National Environmental Policy 1997 The National Environmental Management Act 1998 Air Quality Act 39 of 2004 The Division of Revenue Act 5 of 2002 Mineral & Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998 National Water Act 36 of 1998 The Water Services Act 108 0f 1997 Development Facilitation Act 67 of 1995 Occupational Health & Safety Act 85 of 1993 Physical Planning Act 125 of 1991 Health Act 63 of 1977 Hazardous Substances Act 15 of 1973

Why Comply

Meet legal requirements and avoid: Fines Criminal sentences Directives ( Clean - up liabilities) Withdrawal of permits Adverse publicity Damage to reputation Bad relationships with authorities

Environmental Legal Compliance & Enforcement

Criminal liability and penalties for statutory non-compliance

Corporate liability

Personal Liability

Landfill Operation

In terms of the Environment Conservation Act, only an approved landfill, which has been issued with a Permit in terms of Section 20(1) of the Act, may operate.

The Objectives of Minimum Requirements for Landfill Operation are To ensure that all waste is disposed of in an environmentally and socially

acceptable manner

To ensure that the disposal operation is acceptable to those whom it affects

Facilities and Resources required for Landfill Operation

Signposting and Road access Sins in the appropriate official languages must be erected in the vicinity of the landfill, indicating the route and distance

to the landfill site from nearest main roads. A general notice board must be erected at the site entrance. This must also be in the appropriate official languages, stating the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the

Permit Holder and the Responsible Person, the hours of operation, and an emergency telephone number. It is particular important that the sign clearly states the class of the landfill and the types of waste that can be accepted.

ControlsWaste acceptance One of the purposes of the landfill classification system is to ensure that general waste disposal sites receive only the

general waste for which they are designed and that hazardous waste is disposed of only on hazardous waste disposal sites.

Access Control In order to facilitate the above waste acceptance procedures, access to the site must be controlled. It is therefore a Minimum Requirement that vehicle access to a site be limited to a single controlled entrance, to

prevent the unauthorised entry and illegal dumping of waste on the site. The site entrance must compromise a lockable gate which must be manned during hours of operation.

Security In addition to access control, suitable security must be provided to protect any facilities and plant on site. Security does not for part of our quotation.

Operating Plan

An Operating Plan is a site specific document that must be developed as part of the Landfill Permit

Principles of Sanitary Landfilling

Compaction Compaction is best achieved if the waste is spread in thin layers

and compacted by a purpose build landfill compactor.Daily cover The sanitary landfill definition specifies daily cover. It is therefore a Minimum Requirement that the waste be fully

covered at the end of each working day

Methods of Landfilling

Trench system Standard cell operation Wet weather cell Special cells for putrescible waste

Excavation for Cover

Where cover is excavated on site, the Responsible Person must ensure that the separation between the floor of the excavation and the wet season high elevation of the ground water, as specified in the design, is maintained.

Excavations must also be properly drained to avoid ponding of accumulated surface water, especially near the waste body.

Drainage

The principles of landfill site drainage are as follows

Upslope run-off water must be diverted away from the waste, to prevent water contamination and to minimise leachate generation

Where contaminated water or leachate does arise on a site, it must be managed.

This means that it must be kept out of the environment

Clean uncontaminated run-off water must not be permitted to mix with, and increase the volume of, contaminated water

Control of Nuisance

Burning of Waste Litter Odours Noise Vermin and disease vectors

Waste Reclamation

Notwithstanding, it is noted that the responsibility for the safety of any declaimers onsite vests with the Permit Holder

Landfill Operation Monitoring

The general objective of landfill operation monitoring is to verify that the landfill conforms to the required standards and the site Permit conditions

More Specific Objectives are: To ensure that the accepted site design is properly implemented To function as a control measure to ensure that the operation conforms to

the required standards To quantify any affect that the operation has on the environment, and in

particular, any effect on the water regime To serve as an early warning system, so that any problems that arise can be

timeously identified and rectifiedAt present there are six ways in which waste disposal sites may be monitored

A Landfill Monitoring Committee The Department undertakes routine inspections of waste disposal sites Clients frequently audit the operations of an landfill site The Institute of Waste Management may be used by a Permit Holder to audit a site Permit Holders use consultants to conduct external audits

Other Monitoring Gate or weighbridge recording procedures (Dynamic Records)

Volume Surveys Some idea of remaining volumetric capacity is required Leachate and Water Quality Monitoring

Regular sampling and analysis of leachate, ground and surface water and the interpretation of the findings

Gas monitoring Air Quality Monitoring Monitoring of Rehabilitated Areas Health of Workers