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Press Release: Interwaste Responds To Allegations
Interwaste Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 2006/037223/06)
JSE code: IWE
ISIN:ZAE000097903
(“Interwaste” or “the Group”)
PRESS RELEASE: INTERWASTE RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS
26 May 2014: In response to the article in Business Day this
morning, Interwaste Holdings Limited (Interwaste) wishes to
inform its customers, suppliers, shareholders and the general
public that it has confirmed with the Department of
Environmental Affairs’ Green Scorpions, that there is no
investigation pertaining to the alleged dumping of more than
100 tonnes of hazardous waste per month from Mozambique, or
from Japan, in non-designated landfill sites across South
Africa.
Interwaste has been the focus of recent media reports which
stem back to an incident that occurred in the middle part of
2013 at Interwaste’s Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal branch.
Interwaste became aware of the wrong-doings at the Richards
Bay branch in November 2013 when an environmental audit
uncovered that two members of the local management team were
involved in dumping waste at a landfill not certified to
accept that classification of waste. Interwaste immediately
advised the Green Scorpions, in writing, of the transgression,
removed the waste from the incorrect landfill site to a
landfill site with an appropriate permit, and suspended the
two employees responsible for the matter. The clean-up was
supervised by, and effected to the satisfaction of, the
authorised engineer responsible for the landfill site, and the
clean-up process was then audited by a leading independent
environmental consulting firm who which also confirmed that
the waste had been correctly managed and the process followed
was in line with legislation. The matter was disclosed to
Interwaste's stakeholders in the company's results
announcement in March 2014.
The most recent press report alleges that Interwaste is
importing hazardous waste into South Africa from a large
mining company, Rio Tinto, in Mozambique. This is factually
incorrect. Interwaste does not and has never rendered a
hazardous waste collection/management service to Rio Tinto in
Mozambique, which uses another service provider to manage its
hazardous waste; Interwaste provides a fully permitted
domestic sewerage collection and disposal service (non-
hazardous) to Rio Tinto, Mozambique.
Interwaste does import hazardous waste into South Africa from
Mozambique and Swaziland, however, all of these imports are
executed in compliance with the Basel Convention
Authorisations, which are waste type specific and detail the
waste management facility in South Africa to which they are
authorised (only one landfill site in South Africa has been
used for this purpose).
The article further alleges that Interwaste imports and
illegally disposes of hazardous waste from Japan. This
allegation is baseless and devoid of any fact. Interwaste does
not and has never imported or managed Japanese waste in any
way, shape or form.
The latest Business Day article also refers to several
investigations under way by the Green Scorpions, one of which
has been concluded. The article fails to mention that the
matter was concluded without Interwaste being informed of any
sanction.
Interwaste has rendered professional and environmentally sound
services to thousands of customers in Southern Africa for more
than 25 years. To date, Interwaste remains the only major
waste management company in South Africa not to have been
found guilty of transgressing any environmental laws. All our
operations are permitted and comply with current legislation;
as a whole the company is subjected to in excess of 500 audits
per year and we remain committed to rendering services which
are not only compliant with current legislation, but are
environmentally sound and cost competitive. As directors of a
publicly listed company, we take our fiduciary duties to all
our stakeholders very seriously.
Ends
Contact: Interwaste Holdings Limited
Alan Willcocks (CEO of Interwaste)
Tel: (011) 323-7300
Issued and released by: KeyterRech Investor Solutions
MarlizeKeyter (011) 447-5204 / 083 701 2021
Issue date: 26 May 2014
JSE code: IWE
Web-site: www.interwaste.co.za
Germiston
26 May 2014
Designated Adviser
Grindrod Bank Limited
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