Haywood, Lorren KDe Wet, BenitaDe Lange, Willem JOelofse, Suzanna HH2020-01-302020-01-302019-11Haywood, L.K., De Wet, B., De Lange, W.J., and Oelofse, S.H.H. 2019. Legislative challenges hindering mine waste being reused and repurposed in South Africa. The Extractive Industries and Society, v6(4), pp 1079-1085.2214-790X2214-7918https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2019.10.008https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214790X19301376?via%3Dihubhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/11286Copyright: 2019 Elsevier. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, kindly consult the publisher's website.While the waste hierarchy promotes the reuse of waste there currently remains limited reuse of mine waste in South Africa. Overburden, waste rock, tailings and slag are stockpiled or disposed leading to environmental liabilities including acid mine drainage and leaching. Globally there are numerous documented uses of mine waste. However, South African waste legislation currently fails to create an enabling environment for mine waste reuse, and consequently hinder the generation of economic value from this waste stream. Mine waste in South Africa is defined as a residue, which is considered a resource of minerals for future re-mining. Being classifed as hazardous, the reuse of mining residue is legally challenging in South Africa. Furthermore legislated environmental management process promotes cradle-to-grave approaches, which is not supportive of any waste reuse initiative. Legislative authorisation falls between two government departments’ often with conflicting mandates leaving mine residue becoming trapped between being a waste and being a by-product with economic value.enMine wasteEnvironmental managementArticleHaywood, L. K., De Wet, B., De Lange, W. J., & Oelofse, S. H. (2019). Legislative challenges hindering mine waste being reused and repurposed in South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11286Haywood, Lorren K, Benita De Wet, Willem J De Lange, and Suzanna HH Oelofse "Legislative challenges hindering mine waste being reused and repurposed in South Africa." (2019) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11286Haywood LK, De Wet B, De Lange WJ, Oelofse SH. Legislative challenges hindering mine waste being reused and repurposed in South Africa. 2019; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11286.TY - Article AU - Haywood, Lorren K AU - De Wet, Benita AU - De Lange, Willem J AU - Oelofse, Suzanna HH AB - While the waste hierarchy promotes the reuse of waste there currently remains limited reuse of mine waste in South Africa. Overburden, waste rock, tailings and slag are stockpiled or disposed leading to environmental liabilities including acid mine drainage and leaching. Globally there are numerous documented uses of mine waste. However, South African waste legislation currently fails to create an enabling environment for mine waste reuse, and consequently hinder the generation of economic value from this waste stream. Mine waste in South Africa is defined as a residue, which is considered a resource of minerals for future re-mining. Being classifed as hazardous, the reuse of mining residue is legally challenging in South Africa. Furthermore legislated environmental management process promotes cradle-to-grave approaches, which is not supportive of any waste reuse initiative. Legislative authorisation falls between two government departments’ often with conflicting mandates leaving mine residue becoming trapped between being a waste and being a by-product with economic value. DA - 2019-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Mine waste KW - Environmental management LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2019 SM - 2214-790X SM - 2214-7918 T1 - Legislative challenges hindering mine waste being reused and repurposed in South Africa TI - Legislative challenges hindering mine waste being reused and repurposed in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11286 ER -