Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance 15h00 15h30

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Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance 15h00 15h30
Submission G Landfill legislation
Moleleki Fantisi AFRICAN GENESIS HERITAGE
ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB Pheneus Malapela VEJA
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Is this landfill licensed?
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THERE ARE NINE TYPES OF WASTE IN THIS LANDFILL
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The working environment in BOIPATONG landfill

• Most workers do not wear safety gear.
• Those who wore it, is not a complete one.

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Everyone must take care for her/his own collected
waste
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Waste management

• Waste is not sorted according to its class hence
  untidiness at the site.
• Even companies that uses the site dumps the way
  they want to.

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MUST THIS BE DUMPED AT THE LANDFILL?
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SOLUTIONS FOR CONTROL

• The workers at the landfill must be registered
  so they may easily be managed and demarcated
  according to their work , so that waste can be
  easily managed
• Safety clothes such as overall,safety shoes
  (gumboot), nose pack safety glass (goggles) and
  hand glovers must be used.

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Education and Health hazards

• There is health hazard personal hygiene is not
  considered
• The workers must be educated about health
  measures
• And they must not be allowed to eat inside the
  waste site

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THE SITE IS NOT FENCED AND ANYONE CAN EASILY ENTER
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Is Boitshepi landfill a good place for children?
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• WASTE PREVENTION APPROACH FOCUSSED ON CHANGES IN
  LIFESTYLES AND IN PRODUCTION AND CONSUMTION
  PATTERNS IS KEY IN THIS REGARD
• THANKS TO COLLEAGUES AT THE AFRICAN GENESIS
  HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB