Wesco: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment process for the proposed Wesco Waste Management Facility

Wesco Waste Management Facility (Pty) Ltd (a subsidiary of Interwaste (Pty) Ltd) is proposing to construct and operate a new integrated waste management facility on Portion 1 of the Farm Brakkefontein No. 32. The property is located between the R27 and R304, approximately 35 km north of the Cape Town metropolitan area, 5 km south of Atlantis Industrial and 2 km north-east of Duynefontein.

SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (SLR) an independent firm of environmental consultants, has been appointed by Interwaste to undertake the Scoping and Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) process required in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act 107 of 1998) (NEMA) and National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act 59 of 2008) (NEM:WA). SLR has also been appointed to undertake the Water Use License Application (WULA) process in terms of the National Water Act, 1998 (No. 36 of 1998) (NWA).

Status

The final Scoping Report was submitted to
the Competent Authorities for consideration (on 5 July 2024) and was accepted by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment(DFFE) and the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP) on 13 August 2024 and 19 August 2024, respectively.

In light of the above, SLR Consulting (South Africa) Pty Ltd and the appointed specialist team will proceed with undertaking the tasks set out in the Plan of Study for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), as described in Section 8 of the Final Scoping Report. All registered Interested and/or Affected Parties will be notified when the draft EIA Report is available for review and comment.