Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa

KwaZulu-Natal Branch

Annual Branch Reportby: Lindsay Strachan (Branch Chairman)

IWMSA AGM – 19 October 2016

Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa

IWMSA AGM

IWMSA -KZN

Our Vision

A Clean and Healthy Environment in KZN

Mission

Strong relevance to our members

A Provincial outlook

Supportive training

Supporting the legislation & compliance evolution in SA (with

relevance to our membership)

Sustained focus on modern and appropriate technologies in

waste our industry

KZN Committee as of 1st July 2016

IWMSA-KZN Branch Committee 2016 - 2018

NAME Category DESIGNATION

Lindsay Strachan Elected Chair

Aubrey Muswema Elected Vice –Chair Membership / Waste Contractor’s Group

Brendon Jewaskiewitz Elected Treasurer

Logan Moodley Elected Landfill and Waste Technologies Interest Group (LAWTIG) Chair

Sue Beningfield Elected Waste Awards Education

Nash Dookhi Elected Special Events

Matthew Hemming Elected Special Events Legislation

Ely Bronstring Elected WMRIG

John Reyneke Elected Municipal Liaison & Social Responsibility

John Parkin Co-opted WasteCon 2018 Organisation & Technical Secretariat

Mbaweni Manqele Co-opted Waste Contractors Worshop / E Waste

Belinda Booker Co-opted Special Events

Robert Abbu Co-opted Special Events

Micole Martens Co-opted E Waste

Angie Cockburn Branch Manager

Branch Success Factors

Our Key Success Factors

1. Giving back to our members

2. Provincial view

3. Specific Focus drives:

Social responsibility focus

Building Membership and Member Types

Integration with all the Branches

Planning with the

Waste Management Hierarchy

ZERO WASTE?

Adopting New Waste Management Strategies

Waste-Resource Recovery and Job Creation

Developing Green

Renewable Energy

Carbon Emission & Tax Reduction

Objectives

2016 Activities

Events for 2016

(Training) 13th April – Waste Legislation One day Course

14th April – DCCI 160th Anniversary Dinner for Waste Award Winners

(Training) 20th – 22nd April – Waste Management Training Programme

Newcastle Seminar: 24th & 25th May

(Training) 8th – 10th June – Hazardous Waste Course

Student Expo – Musgrave – 26th & 27th Aug

IWMSA-KZN Golf Day: 4th August

Upcoming Events

TBA – Hillcrest Seminar on Waste: What Comes and Goes Where?

November – LAWTIG site visit of Fibertex Factory

17th November – Year End Function and Waste Awards Gala Evening

14th April – DCCI 160th Anniversary Dinner

Dinner with Waste Award Winners!

Albeit at very short notice, we decided to latch

onto a marked occasion for us to be aligned to

the Business behind Waste Management in

eThekwini/Durban – this occasion being the

160th Anniversary Dinner Ball of the Durban

Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI).

The guests were recent award winners of our

Waste Management Awards namely ABI and

Clifton Hills and the eminent Timothy Fasheun

of Province (EDTEA)

Newcastle Seminar

24th & 25th May – Newcastle Seminar

Our team travelled up to Newcastle on the 24th of May for an

afternoon seminar followed by two site visits on the morning of the

25th May to a recover initiative and PET recycling plant.

Speakers and topics included the following:

IWMSA overview – Why it’s meaningful to be a member | Lindsay Strachan

Newcastle strategy on waste Management | Thava Kelly

Current waste legislation - updates | Aubrey P Muswema

Beneficiation of waste - PETCO initiatives in Newcastle | Belinda Booker

Current waste handling, treatment, energy recovery technologies | Logan

Moodley

Recovering waste as a profitable resource | Ely Bronstring

Recycling in Newcastle | Sen Li Da Recycling and Mpilenhle Recycling

4th August – KZN Branch Annual Golf Day

4th August – KZN Branch Annual Golf Day

4th August – KZN Branch Annual Golf Day

Our Golf Day was held at the Mount Edgecombe

Country Club on the 4th of August and we were blessed

with a lovely sunny day albeit a bit windy.

Thank you to all those who supported our day.

Congratulations to Geosynthetic Solutions Team who

took home the floating trophy.

Congratulations also go to Menal Barathlall from the

Geosynthetic Solutions Team who took home the

Individual Score floating Trophy.

Student Expo – Musgrave – 26th & 27th Aug

The IWMSA offered our members the opportunity to partner

with us in exhibiting at The Student Expo in Musgrave Centre,

Durban.

This is South Africa’s only exhibition that is designed to provide

both scholars and prospective students the necessary tools to

succeed in professional tertiary education and beyond.

“The Student Expo” specifically targets the Top schools, gives

them the opportunity to gain guidance on what & where to study

and meet the institutions in person.

University students are being encouraged to meet face-to-face

with company representatives to discuss job opportunities

available to them in South Africa.

Recycling Seminar – 16th September

The KZN Recycling Forum together with the IWMSA

KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Branch celebrated Recycling Day on

Friday, 16th September 2016.

The event was very well attended with 130 delegates from

various industries debating the topic: ‘Is zero waste to landfill

achievable?’

The event highlighted that South Africa is still lacking behind

developed countries in term of alternative technologies to

landfill however facilities have started to emerge to assist

companies in reaching their environmental goals. The event

sponsored by Interwaste was a great networking opportunity

for companies to share their ideas on how to improve their

current waste performance.

Recycling Seminar – 16th September

Recycling Event for Children – 17th September

Sue Beningfield from our KZN Committee spent the

morning at the Zimbali Community Centre educating the

children on recycling and the 3 R’s in Waste.

It was the perfect weather to be indoors on Saturday 17th

September to make various crafts from recyclable materials.

We had the kids making all sorts of things- crowns, picture

flowers, robots, rockets, aeroplanes, cars and just colouring in

the 3R’s- Reduce- Reuse –Recycle pictures.

Our winner, Layla, spent hours constructing a very impressive

castle with her dad & then painted it herself.

Recycling Event for Children – 17th September

17th September – Coastal Clean-Up

Saturday the 17th September saw the 20th year that South

Africa actively participated in the International Coastal

Clean-Up Day – an annual event that sees thousands of

volunteers from around the world pick up litter from the

beaches.

This year we joined the Chelsea Preparatory School

group to assist in picking up litter.

Braving the rain armed with smiles, plastic gloves and

litter bags our Chelsea Champs walked in the rain for

two hours scouring bushes and side roads within the

Beachwood Nature Reserve.

Coastal Clean-Up

Waste Management Awards 2016

Waste Management Awards 2016

We have almost completed the site visits for our Waste

Management Awards 2016.

The Awards Gala Evening will be held on the 17th

November 2016 at the Mount Edgecombe Country Club.

There are still sponsorship opportunities available for

those who wish to sponsor. Please email

kzn@iwmsa.co.za for more details.

All the best to those who have entered!

Wastecon 2018

15 – 19 October 2018

“Green Waste Economy”

Thank you

Thank you!

Any questions?