Register as an accredited waste services provider

Registering as an accredited waste service provider ensures that your business is compliant with the City's Integrated Waste Management By-law.

Registering as an accredited waste service provider ensures that your business is compliant with the City's Integrated Waste Management By-law .

Registering as an accredited waste service provider ensures that your business is compliant with the City's Integrated Waste Management By-law.

Accreditation process

Our Integrated Waste Management By-law, 2009, gives us the power to regulate, control and monitor the generation, management and disposal of solid waste in Cape Town. This includes the cleaning, separation, storage, collection, processing, treatment, recycling, re-use, and disposal of waste as well as the prevention of littering and illegal dumping.

Accreditation is necessary for everyone providing a waste management service and certain waste generators in Cape Town. Apart from the need to be legally compliant, there are also other benefits, such as: work opportunities with government and helping to protect the environment by diverting waste from landfills.

How to register

Follow the steps below to register online:

Step 1: Register on the Solid Waste accreditation site.

Step 2: To avoid unnecessary delays, download and consult the checklist in the Accreditation User Guide to ensure you include all the necessary supporting documentation when you submit your application. Make sure that all documentation is current and accurate.

You may also need:

certified licences for the management of waste treatment facilities
certified licences for waste transport activities
a certified scrap metal dealer certificate of registration from SAPS
a certified asbestos registration certificate with Department of Labour
hazardous waste to be registered with the Department of Environmental Affairs and Planning (DEADP) and to provide a Waste Information Registration (WIR) number for registration
proof of disposal
waste statistics per waste type
any other information that may be required to assess your application

Along with the necessary supporting documents, you must submit an integrated waste management plan detailing how you will conduct your business.

Step 3: Submit all required documents on the Solid Waste accreditation site.

If you have any registration queries, please email waste.accreditation@capetown.gov.za.

Approval process

How long does the accreditation process take?

From start to finish the process can take three to four months.

Once your application form and supporting documents have been submitted, the following steps will be taken:

Step	Business process	Time period
1	Receipt and notification. Application received and captured on system	7 working days
2	Scrutiny and validation	5 working days
3	Application processed by a delegated waste management officer and recommendations made	30 working days
4	Communication of decision to applicant in writing	2 working days

Remember

These time periods are guidelines only, and will vary if additional information is required or changes need to be made.

Waste Recyclers' Database

If you are an accredited recycling service provider and you want to be listed on the City's Waste Recyclers Map, complete the registration form or contact wastewise@capetown.gov.za to be added to our Waste Recyclers' Database.