Wesco - Environmental and Social Impact Assessment process for the proposed Wesco Waste Management Facility

Wesco Waste Management Facility (Pty) Ltd (a subsidiary of Interwaste (Pty) Ltd) is proposing to construct and operate a new integrated waste management facility on Portion 1 of the Farm Brakkefontein No. 32. The property is located between the R27 and R304, approximately 35 km north of the Cape Town metropolitan area, 5 km south of Atlantis Industrial and 2 km north-east of Duynefontein.

SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (SLR) an independent firm of environmental consultants, has been appointed by Interwaste to undertake the Scoping and Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) process required in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act 107 of 1998) (NEMA) and National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act 59 of 2008) (NEM:WA). SLR has also been appointed to undertake the Water Use License Application (WULA) process in terms of the National Water Act, 1998 (No. 36 of 1998) (NWA).

Status

On 2 March 2026, the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP) granted and issued an Environmental Authorisation (EA) for the proposed Wesco Waste Management Facility, Western Cape. The decision was issued in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA) and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, 2014. A copy of the Environmental Authorisation can be viewed and downloaded below.

In terms of Regulation 4(4a) of the National Appeal Regulations 2025, an applicant must “notify, and make a copy of the appeal available to, registered interested and affected parties where applicable, and to affected organs of state, within 5 calendar days of the expiry of the 20-day [appeal] period”, which was on 8 April 2026. As such, on behalf of Wesco, notice is hereby given that appeals were lodged against the Environmental Authorisation. Copies of the accepted appeals submitted can be viewed below.