Question NW2585 to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

(1) What are the details of any steps that have been and/or will be taken to ensure that the high number of disposable nappies, including the hundreds of thousands of nappies issued free to indigent person, are disposed of without polluting the environment, in particular in the rural areas, where there is no formal refuse removal service and where the used disposable nappies are thrown into the veld dams, water courses and/or rivers; (2) what are the details of any steps that have been taken and/or will be taken to ensure that general refuse is not dumped indiscriminatingly (a) in places such as streets, roads and urban public areas and (b) in rural areas where there are no municipal refuse removal services?