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The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs has, in terms of section 7(1)(c) of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act 59 of 2008, set the national norms and standards for the storage of waste.

These norms and standards apply to any person who stores general or hazardous waste in a waste storage facility. Facilities are required to comply with the norms and standards without a need to obtain a waste management licence in terms of the Act.