South Africa

From 2012 to 2017, ELT were managed via an EPR system. An interim system is in place since October 2017.

In the context of a thorough investigation regarding finances, in March 2019 a court cancelled a liquidation order for REDISA, the organisation overseeing the EPR system. During the investigation the government had published a call for new industry waste tire management plans, and had been managing the interim operations during the suspension.

REDISA, an independent non-profit organization was the entity overseeing the EPR system until October 2017. The Department of Environmental Affairs’ Waste Management Bureau had been ensuring the interim since then. Since the liquidation order was cancelled, the future management organisation has yet to be confirmed.

• Material recovery is the main recovery route (20% of generated ELT).
• Energy recovery is the second ELT recovery route (5% of generated ELT), especially for TDF in cement kilns.

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Two studies from 2018, on the use of recycled carbon black to modify the properties of other materials, and on the potential of solid char, produced via the pyrolysis of ELT.

• Establishment of a new waste tire management system, co-designed by all relevant actors (public hearings and consultations on the proposals).
• Strong network of actors previously involved (recyclers, waste pickers) who have renewed their contracts for the new plan.

• Low global processing capacity in South Africa.
• Concentration of most waste tire processing and recovery facilities in certain provinces, bottlenecks and high transportation costs.