National Waste Management Strategy
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Waste reclaimers worried about livelihoods as Johannesburg suspends operations at landfill
Reclaimers rely on retrieving waste from dumpsites to sell. But at least three sites in the city are at or nearing capacity and must be closed
Two of the four eThekwini landfills are nearly full
The municipality handles about 3 400 tonnes of waste every day, which equates to 0.6kg per person