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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: WASTE ACT (59/2008): NOTICE TO REQUIRE THE TYRE INDUSTRY TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT AN INDUSTRY WASTE TYRE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR TO THE MINISTER FOR APPROVAL Published under GNR 300 and GNR 301 of 31 March 2017

Posted 24 April 2017

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of sections 28(1), read with sections 28(5) of the NEM:WA, given notice of her intention to require the Tyre Industry to prepare and submit an Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan for approval.

The notice will be applicable to a tyre dealer, a tyre producer, a waste tyre processor and a waste tyre transporter.

Members of the public are invited to submit written comments within 30 days of the publication of this notice (i.e. on or before 2 May 2017).