Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
What was the actual tonnage of waste (a) generated and (b) processed in the province for the (i) 2024 and (ii) 2025 calendar years;
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how much of this waste was categorised as (a) landfill disposal, (b) incineration of healthcare risk waste (HCRW), (c) recycling or diversion and (d) municipal and private composting;
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whether his Department has successfully resolved the data accessibility issues relating to the South African Waste Information System (SAWIS) following the migration delays reported in March 2025; if not, what specific steps has he taken to escalate this matter to the national Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment to ensure the Western Cape has access to its own transboundary recycling data; if so, what are the relevant details?
- What was the actual tonnage of waste (a) generated and (b) processed in the province for the (i) 2024 and (ii) 2025 calendar years;
Answer:
- (i) 3 561 232T generated (2024)
(ii) 2 799 075T (2025 Unverified data)
- (i) General Waste composted 150 930T + Health care risk waste treated 7105T + Hazardous Waste diverted 13 276T = 171 311T (2024)
(ii) General Waste composted 261 565T + Health care risk waste treated 7358T + Hazardous Waste diverted 18 618T = 287 541T (2025 Unverified data)
- How much of this waste was categorised as (a) landfill disposal, (b) incineration of healthcare risk waste (HCRW), (c) recycling or diversion and (d) municipal and private composting;
Answer:
(a) landfill disposal,
2024: 2 450 646T disposed
2025: 1 710 124T disposed (2025 Unverified data)
(b) incineration of healthcare risk waste (HCRW),
2024: 7105T HCRW treated
2025: 7358T HCRW treated (2025 Unverified data)
(c) recycling or diversion and
2024: General waste recycled 860 006T or 1 110 586T diverted
2025: General waste recycled 720 745T or 1 088 951T (2025 Unverified data)
(d) municipal and private composting;
2024: Municipal composting 80 396T; Private Composting 140 029T
2025: Municipal composting 110 224T; Private Composting 231 378T (2025 Unverified data)
- Whether his Department has successfully resolved the data accessibility issues relating to the South African Waste Information System (SAWIS) following the migration delays reported in March 2025; if not, what specific steps has he taken to escalate this matter to the national Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment to ensure the Western Cape has access to its own transboundary recycling data; if so, what are the relevant details?
Answer:
Yes, the accessibility issues have been resolved as the DFFE provided a Microsoft Excel data extract on 22 April 2026 (2020-2024) in response to Parliamentary Question 25 of 21 February 2025 and Question 7 of 17 April 2025.
No, steps needed to be taken to escalate the matter to the National Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment.
No, transboundary recycling waste data was received from other provinces or countries according to the SAWIS data extract received on 22 April 2026.
