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MNO3704 Assignment 3 Semester 2 2024 | Due 16 September 2024. All questions answered.
South Africa is estimated to generate domestically a total of 12.7 million tonnes of waste per annum.
In the country, municipalities are facing increasing pressures and challenges to provide waste
management services due to the growing waste generation. Every year approximately 3.67 million
tonnes of this waste are not collected and treated through formal waste collection systems, resulting in
large amounts being dumped illegally.
Accordingly, South Africa Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), the Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and The United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) have partnered to enhanced
municipal solid waste management. During this collaboration, local municipalities’ challenges and
systems failures were identified, and potential solutions investigated to inform the implementation of
interventions by UNEP in country office.
Read through the report and use the information to answer the following questions.
Question 1
1. Identify the challenges that are faced, by not only local government and municipalities, but
also households with regards to municipal waste management in South Africa with specific
reference to the report.
Question 2
2. With reference to the report, what is the major implication of these challenges or how do they
contribute to greater environmental issues in South Africa.
Question 3
3. Based on the challenges identified in the report, propose a few solutions that can be applied to
overcome these challenges.
Question 4
4. Explain the general conditions that are required for the safe disposal of waste on a landfill.
Question 5
5. It is evident that waste management in South Africa presents many challenges in terms of the
effects on the environment and on society as a whole. Despite the increased awareness regarding
the reduction of waste in communities, the degree of waste generation has continued to grow.
Make some recommendations to industry that can be taken into account to promote waste
minimisation.
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