EnviroServ may go to court after order to shut down landfill site near Durban
The company responsible for the controversial Shongweni landfill site‚ west of Durban‚ says it is "considering its options" after the Department of Environmental Affairs ordered it to shut down. On Tuesday‚ the department suspended EnviroServ’s waste management licence for the site‚ giving the company until Friday to cease operations. Residents of nearby suburbs in the Outer West area of the eThekwini municipality have blamed the facility for a "noxious" smell. "There is still an unacceptably high level of landfill gases being emitted from the Shongweni landfill site‚ which the authorities have confirmed to be the source of the malodour emanating from the site. The decision to suspend the waste management licence is therefore one of the significant steps to a permanent solution to this catastrophic situation‚" the department said. But EnviroServ CEO Dean Thompson said the company was likely to head to the courts to appeal against the decision. "The department has, this week, issued ...
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