Refuse Disposal

Building Regulations Part-U Refuse Disposal

Part-U of the SANS 10400 Refuse disposal states that ‘Any building, excluding a dwelling house’ that has refuse generated in that building will provide ‘adequate’ storage areas for rubbish containers.

Over and above this the planning and building must provide access from the street so that the containers can be removed.

All waste removals from a dwelling house are covered by the relevant Local Authority and or Regional By-Laws. The Regulation also mentions chutes that are used to dispose waste into a container, that they must be designed to be safe ‘in operation’.

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South Africa has Environmental Laws but need to enforce these.

South African environmental law describes the legal rules in South Africa relating to the social, economic, philosophical and jurisprudential issues raised by attempts to protect and conserve the environment in South Africa.

South African environmental law encompasses natural resource conservation and utilization, as well as land-use planning and development. Issues of enforcement are also considered, together with the international dimension, which has shaped much of the direction of environmental law in South Africa.

The role of the country’s Constitution, crucial to any understanding of the application of environmental law, also is examined. The National Environmental Management Act^[1] (NEMA) provides the underlying framework for environmental law.

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