Solid waste has become a great cause for concern in South Africa. Each person in South Africa
generates between 0,5 kg to 2 kg of waste every day. This equates to about 15 million tons of
domestic waste each year.”
If you were appointed as the head of the waste disposal division of your town/city, explain
FOUR strategies you would use to manage the waste.
Waste management strategies:
• Landfill management and recovery of energy from burning it.
• Utilise the heat generated from the burning of landfill sites
• to generate electricity thus saving on the electricity bill for heating and cooking.
• Investigate methods to collect and utilise methane gas as a fuel.
• Place plastic liners under landfill sites during construction.
• to prevent leaching from waste into groundwater / rivers/oceans.
• Rehabilitate old landfill sites to prevent pollution. / phytoremediation.
Recovery and recycling
• Encourage citizens of the city to put different types of waste into different waste
containers/bins of different colours.
• Partnership with recycling companies for improved collection of different waste.
• Fines for people that do not separate the waste into different bins.
• This could generate income and reduce transport costs.
Educate people on how to use organic waste
• for example, to make compost which could fertilise soil, so they can plant
vegetables.
• New products can be made from recycled materials.
• which benefits the economy by creating employment / alleviate poverty.
• Clean up dumping sites and build useful facilities like sports fields.
Educate citizens and companies to reuse waste.
• Glass containers for milk, cold drinks and alcohol etc.
• This will reduce the need to produce more of these items
• thus, saving energy and money.
Reducing waste
• Charge/penalise people extra if they generate more waste.
• Encourage citizens to manage waste more efficiently/renewable.
• Reward those who manage efficiently.
• Recycle, re-use and reduce waste
generates between 0,5 kg to 2 kg of waste every day. This equates to about 15 million tons of
domestic waste each year.”
If you were appointed as the head of the waste disposal division of your town/city, explain
FOUR strategies you would use to manage the waste.
Waste management strategies:
• Landfill management and recovery of energy from burning it.
• Utilise the heat generated from the burning of landfill sites
• to generate electricity thus saving on the electricity bill for heating and cooking.
• Investigate methods to collect and utilise methane gas as a fuel.
• Place plastic liners under landfill sites during construction.
• to prevent leaching from waste into groundwater / rivers/oceans.
• Rehabilitate old landfill sites to prevent pollution. / phytoremediation.
Recovery and recycling
• Encourage citizens of the city to put different types of waste into different waste
containers/bins of different colours.
• Partnership with recycling companies for improved collection of different waste.
• Fines for people that do not separate the waste into different bins.
• This could generate income and reduce transport costs.
Educate people on how to use organic waste
• for example, to make compost which could fertilise soil, so they can plant
vegetables.
• New products can be made from recycled materials.
• which benefits the economy by creating employment / alleviate poverty.
• Clean up dumping sites and build useful facilities like sports fields.
Educate citizens and companies to reuse waste.
• Glass containers for milk, cold drinks and alcohol etc.
• This will reduce the need to produce more of these items
• thus, saving energy and money.
Reducing waste
• Charge/penalise people extra if they generate more waste.
• Encourage citizens to manage waste more efficiently/renewable.
• Reward those who manage efficiently.
• Recycle, re-use and reduce waste
