City Of Johannesburg (COJ): Alternative Waste Treatment Technology

The project seeks to provide the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) with a waste treatment technology facility that will accept 500 000 of the 1.6 million tonnes of municipal solid waste produced in Johannesburg per annum, and potentially generate 36MW per annum of energy through a ‘design-build-finance-maintain-operate-transfer’ or a Public Private Partnership (PPP).

Introduction

Addressing the mounting waste at Johannesburg’s landfill sites while simultaneously alleviating pressure on the national grid.

Project Financing
Public
Project Size
Medium
E&S Risk category
Category 3
DBSA Involvement

The project seeks to provide the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) with a waste treatment technology facility that will accept 500 000 of the 1.6 million tonnes of municipal solid waste produced in Johannesburg per annum, and potentially generate 36MW per annum of energy through a ‘design-build-finance-maintain-operate-transfer’ or a Public Private Partnership (PPP).

Sustainability impact

The project seeks to have the following estimated development impact for CoJ:

  • Contribution towards the clean/renewable energy strategy of the country
  • Reduction of waste going to landfill (500 000 tonnes diverted)
  • Revenue from sale of by-products (bioenergy, recyclable materials)
  • Renewable energy (potential 36MW per annum)
  • Job creation of approximately 400 jobs for waste recovery and 80 technical experts

Environmental: Prevents further leaching and ground water contamination from the existing landfill sites. Defer, delay or prevent the construction of new landfills and minimise waste through promoting the recovery, recycle and reuse principles. Saving on logistic costs as an additional landfill would likely have to be built outside of the CoJ. The project will also promote recycling of waste materials.

Socio-economic: Job creation by transitioning people from hazardous scavenging at landfill sites into paid work.

Electricity security: The CoJ will generate a portion of its own electricity requirements while alleviating pressure from the national grid.

Stats
Waste Reduction

Reduction of waste going to landfill (500 000 tonnes diverted)

Renewable energy

Potential renewable energy of 36MW per annum

Revenue

Generate revenue from sale of by-products such as bioenergy and recyclable materials

Job creation

Job creation of approximately 400 jobs for waste recovery and 80 technical experts

Location

City of Johannesburg