Creecy's plan ‘unlawful'

Redisa applies to review and set aside the state’s plan.

- Roy Cokayne

The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) has applied to the High Court in Pretoria to review and set aside government’s Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan (IWTMP).

The IWTMP was approved in March by the previous minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment Barbara Creecy, who is now minister of transport.

Redisa, together with its management company, Kusaga Taka Consulting, was placed in final liquidation in September 2017, but the liquidation order was overturned on appeal.

At the time, Redisa was the only approved integrated waste tyre plan. It and Kusaga Taka’s assets were transferred to the department’s Waste Management Bureau.

Redisa lodged the application to review and set aside the plan on 16 September. It is uncertain when it will be heard.

Waste plan ‘unlawful, irrational’

Redisa CEO Herman Erdmann, who was also chief executive of Redisa when it was previously liquidated, said the IWTMP approved by Creecy is an unlawful, irrational, unreasonable and procedurally unfair administrative action. fisheries and the environment (DFFE) confirmed on Wednesday that it has received Redisa's application but cannot comment because it is still studying the court papers and considering its merits.