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July
2009 |
Reference
the Waste Tyre Regulation, 2009 effective from 30 June 2009 |
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Tyre dealers |
From
30 June 2009 onwards tyre dealers in SA have to sort all used tyres taken
of vehicles or equipment into retreadable casings, part worn tyres (that
comply to the Road Regulations) and classify the balance as waste tyre.
All waste tyres with a load index of 121 or less (passenger and light
commercial) need to be mutilated as per WTR regulation no 7 . Waste tyres
may only be disposed of in a manner authorized by law (regulation 4). That
is to end-users or landfill sites. Tyre dealers need to verify end
destination of waste tyres collected from their businesses. |
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Suppliers of tyres (manufacturers and importers
including vehicle importers and manufacturers) |
Have
to, before end July 2009 register with DEAT as a tyre supplier. Form
available from the DEAT website www.sawic.org.za
The
SATRP Co will issue letter of intent to suppliers who wish to participate
in the SATRP Plan. |
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SATRP Co (the Project Plan) |
The
SATRP Co did submit the SATRP Integrated Industry Waste Tyre Management
Plan (IIWTMP) to DEAT on 4 June 2009 for approval processing . DEAT will
comment and publish plan for comment in the Government Gazette and after
comments then finally publish Plan in the Government Gazette for becoming
effective and binding to the subscribers of the plan. The SATRP Co can
only enter into contracts with any party after final gazetting of the
IIWTMP document. |
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Waste tyre stockpile owner (Abatement plan) |
As
per WTR regulation 8(3) and regulation 13 every waste tyre stockpile owner
has to register an abatement plan with DEAT with 120 days from 30 June
2009 (by 27 October 2009) |
| August
and September 2009 |
|
Waste Tyre Transport tender |
The
SATRP Co plans to issue the tender requests for the transport contracts
per province. Transporters to collect tyres from all tyre dealers and have
transfer sites to sort and from which to dispatch tyres to end-users. |
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Waste tyre end-user tenders |
The
SATRP Co plans to issue the tender documents for waste tyre end-users to
tender for the waste tyres collected by the plan. |
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Suppliers of tyres (manufacturers and importers
including vehicle importers and manufacturers) |
Suppliers
need to submit to DEAT their IIWTMP or indication of participating in
another Plan. |
| October
2009 |
|
DEAT |
Gazette
final SATRP Co industry Plan |
| Waste tyre stockpile owner (Abatement plan) |
27
Oct 2009 the final date for abatement plan submissions to DEAT |
| January
to June 2010 |
|
SATRP Co to award transport contracts |
Successful
tenderers to set up operations |
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SATRP Co to award waste tyre end-user contracts |
Successful
tenderers to prepare for waste tyre acceptance |
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Suppliers of tyres (manufacturers and importers
including vehicle importers and manufacturers) |
Start
dry run operations submitting confidential sales figures to independent
accounting business to calculate Green Fee payable later in the year. |
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July
to December 2010 |
|
Green fee collection |
Green
fee collection invoices will be issued by accounting firm to start payment
three months ahead of actual collections |
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Waste tyre collections from all tyre dealers in SA |
The
contracted transporters of the SATRP Co start waste tyre collections from
all tyre dealers in the country. Only the tyre brands of the participating
companies (suppliers to the SA market) will be collected. No money will be
paid for any waste tyres. Waste tyres to start flowing to end-users. |
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Audit operations |
The
appointed SATRP auditing company will start monitoring the process in
order to prevent fraud and mismanagement. |
