Appendix A: Stakeholder list

HW 06 – Asbestos containing waste

All waste containing asbestos from insulation, buildings etc. are included in this waste stream.

Due to the asbestos regulation with its requirement to remove all asbestos by 2015, the number contracts to remove asbestos from houses are increasing on a monthly basis. It is therefore expected that asbestos waste from municipal sources will increase up to 2015.

It is assumed that the biggest asbestos waste generators are:

• 
  Department of Public Works
  
• 
  Transnet
  
• 
  Eskom
  
• 
  Municipalities
  

There is no comprehensive report on asbestos waste in South Africa. ESKOM reports asbestos disposal figures on an annual basis but not waste generation figures. Data contained in the Mpumalanga hazardous waste management plan (MDALA, 2008a; MDALA 200b) is assumed to be largely based on the ESKOM data since most of the ESKOM power stations are situated in Mpumalanga.

The audit report for Bulbul drive H:h landfill (King, 2009) also reports disposal data.
The data reported in the baseline is estimates based on disposal figures obtained from waste management companies.