Provincial Notice 28th January 2022 - comments are required by 4th March 2022
Section 5(1) of the National Estuarine Management Protocol, 2021 (the NEMP), provides that, where an estuary falls within the boundary of a municipality, the provincial environmental department must develop an EMP in consultation with affected municipalities and the relevant national government departments
Written representations and objections on the draft EMPs may be submitted before or on 4 March 2022 by— (a) posting (b) emailing the representations or objections to: DEADP.EMPComments@westerncape.gov.za; or 

Download the PDF of the Draft EMP for the Rooiels River Estuary - or get the link to see other River Estuaries from the Provincial Notice of the Estuarine policy for comment document.
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Craig Mitchell, Manager Solid Waste Planning made a presentation confirming that the OM have started recycling.  The clear plastic bags are picked up by the trucks and separated at Kleinmond from the black bags.  The clear bags then go to Hermanus where any large cardboard is separated first and the rest goes onto a conveyer and then a "picker" at each station picks out the things she is assigned to retrieve and drops them down a shute into bags which are then compressed.  They prefer it if the tops of plastic bottles and glass bottles are separated from the bottle.  There are still a few private recycling companies operating that collect from supermarkets etc.
Download the presentation:
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