The Waste Management team focuses on identifying, evaluating and developing financial feasible business opportunities in an environmentally responsible and compliant manner in the following areas:

• Solid waste beneficiation
• Waste collection, recycling and processing
• Used lube oil collection, recycling and processing
• Waste to energy
• Fine coal beneficiation
• Inorganic and organic chemicals

Solid waste beneficiation: In consultation with local municipalities and suitable entrepreneurs, the team assists in the development of projects involving converting sewerage sludge from waste water works into organic fertilizer using suitable waste treatment technology (i.e. activated sludge pasteurization). Our typical role entails evaluating the process technology in order to ensure technical feasibility, verifying the market feasibility for the product as well as assessing the financial feasibility of the opportunity in the light of the proposed marketing plan. We assist the entrepreneur in compiling a bankable business plan. Sustainable supply of raw material is critical and hence forging the relationship with municipalities who largely manage sewerage works is one of the key actions. The team is also assessing other forms of solid waste such as cooling tower and water treatment sludges for beneficiating into suitable products.

Waste collection, recycling and processing: The team supports the external entrepreneur in developing a business concept for the collection of recyclable waste such as plastics, glass bottles and paper. We ensure that the entrepreneur has access to sustainable supply of waste material, the market for the resale of the waste products to relevant entities (e.g. Nampak, Consol glass, and waste recyclers) as well as reliable inbound and outbound logistics system. We assist the entrepreneurs in compiling a bankable business plan and give support in securing loan for the starting up the business. Offering business operations support is one of the areas in which we render support, either directly or via the usage of relevant consulting service.

Another specific area in which the team is focussing is waste tyre beneficiation into pyrolysis oil, carbon black and steel using pyrolysis technology. An extensive market development study has been done in consultation with local technology developer, tyre recyclers and processors. The team assisted the technology developer to develop the financial model. There is an ongoing investigation into the development of the tyre pyrolysis in partnership with a respected local waste technology processor.

Used lube oil collection, recycling and processing: In partnership with ROSE foundation (i.e. association of lube oil manufacturers in South Africa) and the National Oil Recycling Association (NORA-SA), the team assists the emerging entrepreneurs in the setting up financially feasible businesses for the collection, recycling and processing of used lube oil in an environmental responsible manner. We ensure that the entrepreneur has access to the sustainable and large volumes of used oil as well as the reliable logistics system for the transportation of used lube oil from the users to lube oil recyclers and processors. We assist the entrepreneur to compile a bankable business plan for securing the loan to start up the business. We facilitate the attainment of the approved oil collector status by the entrepreneur in order to be able to receive oil collection financial incentive from ROSE foundation. Business mentoring is one of the areas in which render support as most emerging entrepreneurs have limited business operation and technical skills.

Waste to energy: In partnership with our renewable energy focus team, we are assisting external entrepreneurs and municipalities in beneficiating various form of carbon rich waste (i.e. cattle manure, chicken dung, wood waste, sewerage etc) into fertilizer, biogas and electricity. This is a new area of involvement for ChemCity which has a huge potential given the national electricity supply crisis we are facing. We would like to position ourselves to be able offer one- stop shop business support for our clients ranging from technology evaluation and selection, technical, financial and marketing feasibility assessment, environmental impact assessment as well as facilitating securing power purchase agreements with Eskom or other independent electricity users.

Fine coal beneficiation: The focus team is involved in assisting Sasol Synfuels with the beneficiation of coarse coal ash from the gasification units to various products. The current area of application which we are evaluating for Sasol Secunda is the development of brick making entrepreneurial businesses which will create job opportunities for the Secunda and the surrounding towns. Currently, Sasol Synfuels is utilizing coarse coal ash in underground mining lining. A host of other applications of coal ash will be evaluated in the near future such as cement and concrete making, bedding material for paving bricks and in floor screeds and land rehabilitation. External to Sasol, the team is positioning itself to assist entrepreneurs in developing fine coal beneficiation opportunities to fine coal briquettes, ash bricks and energy.

Organic and Inorganic Chemicals: The team is also investigating the development of financially feasible opportunities aimed at extracting valuable chemicals from waste streams and well as production of inorganic chemicals.

Other Initiatives: The team is assisting the external entrepreneur in setting up the waste bin cleaning and used oil filter collection businesses. The team has assisted with the environmental impact assessment, development of the bankable business plan and setting of trials for the used oil filter collection as well as branding the opportunity. The team is involved in the development of green waste compost in partnership with a local municipality in the Northern Cape and is planning to roll out more composting businesses to other municipalities in the near future.

The team is investing electronic waste business opportunities, setting up of waste minimization clubs and roll out of materials recycling facilities (MRF) at land fill sites in partnership with MRF suppliers.