INSIGHTS

The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs has, in terms of section 19(3)(a) of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act 59 of 2008, published the national standards for the scrapping or recovery of motor vehicles.

The standards are aimed at controlling the scrapping or recovery of motor vehicles at a facility that falls within the thresholds as described in these standards in order to prevent or minimize potential negative impacts on the bio-physical and socio-economic environment.