04 February 2017 Memorandum of demands delivered by the Upper Highway Air NPC to EnviroServ Waste Management (Pty) Ltd We members of the Upper Highway Air NPC hereby submit the following list of demands to the Board and Management of EnviroServ Waste Management (Pty) Ltd. From the Upper Highway Air
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Toxic Trek February 4th 2017 – Rules
To create community awareness and highlight the ongoing pollution crisis in the Upper Highway area, we have City approval for 1,000 participants, to hold a peaceful protest march walking in unity. We encourage you to attend and stand in solidarity with us, create posters, wear your t-shirts and help us
Department of Environmental Affairs issues notice of intention to suspend EnviroServ’s waste management Licence
The Department of Environmental Affairs has issued a notice of intention to suspend and/or revoke EnviroServ’s Waste Management License for its Shongweni Landfill operation site in Shongweni, KwaZulu-Natal. This notice can be found here.
EnviroServ PR Firm Requests “Retraction” of Smoke Plumes Video, allegedly emanating from Landfill.
Yesterday the Upper Highway Air NPC received the following from Corporate Image, mandated to handle communications on behalf of the “EnviroServ Group”, concerning the post of a video on 13 January 2017 depicting what was stated by the videographer to be plumes arising from the Shongweni Landfill. “I am emailing
EnviroServ refusing to play open cards with UHA and community
With regard to repeated allegations by EnviroServ that Upper Highway Air has declined meeting requests with EnviroServ, we would like to clarify this. We agreed that we would meet with EnviroServ on condition that the meeting was beneficial and not to stall or waste any further time. In order to
Transnet issues statement “The pipeline does not in any way contribute to any of the odours in the area”
Transnet were contacted for comment after EnviroServ Waste Management alleged in their November Complaints analysis report, that the odours experienced in the Upper Highway area were possibly emanating from the Transnet fuel pipeline. Saret Knoetze of Transnet issued the following statement, “We were working with the Department of Health and they
EnviroServ Complaints Analysis
Below find EnviroServ’s complaints analysis which was released to Upper Highway Air this week by the DEA. The remainder of the documents that have been requested by UHA have been undertaken to be supplied by the Department of Environmental Affairs next week with the suspension application which will be posted
Methodology and toxicology update EnviroServ Shongweni Landfill
Methodology and toxicology update: EnviroServ Shongweni landfill. The following was received by Upper Highway Air from the Department of Environmental Affairs on the 27th of December 2016. This document forms part of a larger request for information made to the DEA for documents pertaining to the landfill, which to date,
Website Complaints Statistics for December so far.
Website complaints statistics from the 1st of December to date. 5545 complaints registered so far. An Android app is now available to make complaints reporting simpler. iOS app release to be announced. Download link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.za.cosoft.uha Website complaints are used by our independent experts to correlate odour reports with frequent air
Help Desiree Erasmus to Receive the #innovateAfrica Journalism Grant
Journalist Desiree Erasmus has been documenting the plight of our community through Noseweek magazine and other regional and national media. Desiree has applied for an #innovateAfrica investigative journalism grant so that she can work full time on the struggle of communities affected by hazardous landfills, such as ours, and neglected