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Economic growth over the past few decades
has been matched by increased depletion
of resources such as land-take, wood, water,
fuels and ores with resulting increases
in the amount of wastes that society produces.
The Waste Management Act, 1996 defines
waste as any substance the holder discards
intends to discard or is required to discard.
In addition, anything which is discarded
or otherwise dealt with as if it were waste,
shall be presumed to be waste until the
contrary is proven. Therefore any material
that is surplus to the immediate requirements
of a particular operation is by definition
waste. The fact that the material may be
useful or have a monetary value has no bearing
on whether it is a waste.
ELS offers an integrated approach to assist
our clients to manage all wastes arising
from their activities. Our strategic waste
planning services offer assistance with
the management of the principal waste streams
which may be summarised as:
- Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
- Commercial and Industrial (C&I)
Waste
- Construction and Demolition (C&D)
Waste
- Agricultural Waste and
- Hazardous Waste
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