Industrial waste - waste generated on industrial premises through manufacturing, industrial or fabricating processes.
This includes agricultural activities, mining activities and power stations.
Business waste - all waste that emanates from business premises - commercial, retail, wholesale, entertainment, government as well as informal traders and home-based businesses.
Dumped waste - waste disposed of illegally anywhere. Littering is another category.
Event waste - waste generated at any event held in the South Africa.
Garden waste - organic waste from gardening or landscaping such as soil, grass cuttings, leaves and branches, but excludes waste products of animal origin.
Hazardous waste – includes health care risk waste and any waste that may have a significant adverse effect on the environment or any living organism.
Health care waste - any waste from medical or veterinary sources. A detailed list is included in the Bylaw.
Infectious waste - waste that is suspected to contain pathogens in a sufficient concentration or quantity to cause disease.
Pathological waste - all animal and human tissues, organs, body parts, foetuses, blood, bodily fluids etc.
Sharp waste - any items that could cause cuts or puncture wounds including hypodermic needles, scalpels, broken glass, nails and any blades, knives, saws etc.
Pharmaceutical waste - any expired, unused, spilt and contaminated pharmaceutical products, drugs, vaccines and sera that need to be disposed of appropriately.
Genotoxic waste - highly hazardous waste that includes certain drugs and the human waste matter from patients treated with specific drugs, chemicals and radioactive material.
Chemical waste - includes discarded solid, liquid and gaseous chemicals.
Waste with heavy metals - includes mercury waste from thermometers, blood pressure gauges, residues from dentistry, cadmium waste from discarded batteries, reinforced wood panels used in radiation proofing and drugs containing arsenic.
Pressurized container waste - refers to pressurized cylinders and cartridges used in health care facilities to store gases.
Radioactive waste - includes solid, liquid and gaseous materials contaminated with radio nuclides, including waste produced as a result of procedures such as in vitro analysis of body tissue and fluid, in vivo organ imaging and tumour localization and various investigative and therapeutic practices.
General waste - a generic term for waste that, because of its composition and characteristics, does not pose a significant risk to public health or the environment if managed properly, and typically consists of plastics, paper, food and liquids not considered to be infectious or contaminated with hazardous chemicals or radioactivity.
Health care risk waste - is health care waste that is also hazardous. This includes infectious waste, pathological waste, sharp waste, pharmaceutical waste, genotoxic waste, and chemical waste, waste with heavy metals, radioactive waste, and any other health care waste that is defined as hazardous in any other applicable legislation.