Companies or individuals that make money from transporting waste must register with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality no later than 31 August or face a fine of R2 000. This is in accordance with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality: Waste Management Bylaw – Chapter 3 section 29 (1) – promulgated on 24 March 2010.
Waste Transporters should also take note of the duties and responsibilities of transporters of waste according to Chapter 3 section 31 and 32 of the Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality: Waste Management By-laws, which reads as follows:
31. Duties of registered transporter of waste
(1) A registered waste transporter may not –
(a) operate in contravention of this by-law;
(b) fail or refuse to give information, or give false or misleading information when required to do so.
(c) dispose of waste otherwise than by disposing of it at a waste disposal site which has been permitted for the disposal of that category of waste.
(2) Where a person has been registered, and –
(a) such person acquires a firm providing commercial services;
(b) such person merges with another person or firm providing commercial services;
(c) there is a change in ownership of the enterprise;
(d) there is a change in the juristic nature of the enterprise;
(e) there is a change in the nature of the commercial services it provides;
(f) such person intends to cease providing such services; or
(g) such person is involved in winding-up proceedings; he or she must immediately notify the municipality of that occurrence and, save in the circumstances set out in subsection (f) or (g), must re-register.
(3) A registered transporter of waste must –
(a) when issued with a weighbridge receipt, keep such weighbridge receipt for 12 months as proof of safe disposal of the waste that has been collected; and
(b) provide his or her commercial clients with a receipt of the amounts and types of waste that have been collected for subsequent waste treatment or disposal.
(4) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section commits an offence, and such person may be deregistered as a transporter of waste.
32. Supervision of registered waste transporters
(1) An authorised official of the municipality-
(a) may inspect the activities of a registered waste transporter and is entitled to enter the workplace of the transporter for this purpose;
(b) may request to view the transporters weighbridge receipts for the previous 12 month period as proof of safe disposal; and
(c) must keep a register recording each inspection that has been undertaken.
(2) If a registered transporter fails to comply with the provisions of section 31 at three inspections over a period of two years, the authorised official may recommend that the municipality deregister such transporter of waste, provided that the consecutive inspections occur at not less than four month intervals.
Deregistration will prohibit a Transporter to collect and transport waste. The public and businesses are requested to ensure that only registered transporters are used.
The relevant application form can be downloaded from the Nelson Mandela Bay website Document Library (Direct download of the Waste Transporter Registration Form).
Companies or individuals in need of more information can contact the municipality at 041 506 5413.
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