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In the Media
Press coverage and opinion pieces about REDISA and South Africa’s waste tyre crisis, newest first. Click through to read each article on the publisher’s website.
Govt’s tyre waste plan faces legal challenge
News24 | Government’s plan for managing waste tyres is facing a legal challenge from REDISA, the non-profit that was originally appointed to run the country’s tyre recycling programme.
Redisa launches court challenge over ‘waste tyre crisis’
Freight News | REDISA has gone to the Pretoria High Court to have the Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan set aside.
REDISA Updates
Reports, updates and positions published by REDISA.
Carte Blanche REDISA Update
In 2012 Carte Blanche started investigating allegations that had been made against REDISA, and aired several stories about REDISA between 2015 and 2017. The update broadcast on 16 July 2023 brings the story up to date in light of the January 2019 judgment of the
Waste Tyres for Power Generation
It is often suggested that waste tyres could be a useful source of power generation. We explain why this is not significant in the national picture. A copy of the technical memo can be downloaded here.
REDISA Report on Waste Tyre Management in SA
Summary: Waste Tyre Management in SA REDISA has written a report covering the context, opportunities, history, and status quo of waste tyre management in South Africa from the early 2000s to the present day. I A copy of the report can be downloaded here. Waste Tyre
IndWTMP published 7/12/2022
New Plan Disappoints The DFFE published a draft Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan (IndWTMP) for comment on 7 December 2022, closing date 6 February 2023. This latest IndWTMP unfortunately falls short as much as the earlier Draft 9 previously commented on, and seems to have
No Tyre Plan In Sight, Policy Unclear
Government efforts to develop a new plan are not encouraging. In March 2020 draft 9 of the CSIR Section 29 plan was published. The plan has multiple problems and internal contradictions. The comments REDISA submitted can be read here. The April 2022 report by the research organisation Trade