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INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
BUSINESSES
ESG
REMUNERATION REPORT
DATA AND ASSURANCE / ADMINISTRATION
ENVIRONMENT continued
WASTE
OUR COMMITMENT
We are committed to improving our waste management through
moving up the waste hierarchy by avoiding, reducing, reusing
and recycling the waste we generate.
HIGHLIGHTS
We diverted 57% (40%) of waste from
landfills at SO.
Sasolburg Ekandustria Operations (SEO)
continued to recycle 48% (48%)
of hazardous waste for FY24. The rest
of the hazardous waste was disposed
of in a responsible manner.
OUR GROUP APPROACH
We continue exploring ways to improve waste management practices, notably in implementing
waste avoidance and minimisation initiatives.
PERFORMANCE AND INITIATIVES
South African Operations
We strive to minimise our impact on the environment through various waste
management programmes. These include initiatives to reduce the generation
of waste; the integration of recycling programmes and waste diversions to
reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills; and employee training to
minimise waste. Below are some of the initiatives we have implemented:
Minimise waste to landfill and drive waste beneficiation
SEO issued a governance document to ensure that existing waste streams do
not regress down the waste hierarchy and to maintain compliance with
waste prohibitions with new waste streams.
A trial is underway for biosludge that is currently bio-remediated and then
used at Interwaste’s Klinkerstene landfill site, now also used in clay brick
manufacturing. SEO is also trialling the use of spent caustic wastewater at the
Secunda waste recycling facility. Previously disposed of wax and polyvinyl
chloride sweeping are now also sold.
In FY24, SO focused on tank cleanings in addition to the API dam clean out by
prioritising options to rework product back into the process (avoid) or divert
from landfill. Waste avoidance as well as waste minimisation both have cost
minimisation/avoidance benefits.
Reducing the operational cost of waste streams
During FY24, SO optimised the operational cost of two high-volume waste
streams. This was effected by managing the waste at its own authorised
waste facilities. The initiative has a positive financial impact and mitigates
the additional risks of transporting the waste on the national road to
third-party waste management facilities. The exclusion process for a third
high-volume waste stream was not approved by the Department of Forestry,
Fisheries and the Environment due to additional information required to
support the application. We anticipate making a resubmission in FY25.
Two projects at SEO to divert the high sulphur pitch waste stream
from landfills continue. The one involves producing a product suitable
as an alternative fuel resource and the other for incineration.
Waste kilotons (kt)
2024
2023
Hazardous waste
Non-hazardous waste
Waste incinerated
Recycled waste
251
224
94,1
133
277
207
95,9
139
Increase
Decrease
No change
The increase in non-hazardous waste was mostly attributed to a sump clean
out at Mining operations. The decrease in hazardous waste generated is
largely attributed to the on-site dams that were not desludged during the
financial year at SO.
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