Question NW1990 to the Minister of Environmental Affairs

Reply:

There is a difference between illegal dumping sites and illegal/unlicensed landfill sites. Illegal dumping sites refer to sites in different provinces where illegal dumping  of waste is taking place whilst illegal dumps or landfill sites refer to sites that are used for waste disposal  without a permit or license issued by the Competent Authority (which is DEA for Hazardous waste and  Provinces for general waste). It is important to note that this Department has formalised a number of illegal dump sites into licensed landfill sites. Currently, the existing illegal dump sites which has to be formalised through the licensing process are as follows:

KwaZulu-Natal               4 illegal dump sites

Free State                     4 dump sites

Northern Cape               2 illegal dump sites

Eastern Cape                2 illegal dump sites