DFFE’s New National Circular Economy Plan Exposes Deep Conflict with DTIC’s Scrap Metal Export Rules – Recycling Sector Demands Urgent Inter-Departmental Review

The Recyclers Association of South Africa (RASA) has written to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment calling for an urgent inter-departmental review of the Price Preference System (PPS) following the publication of the Draft National Circular Economy Action Plan (NCEAP) on 1 June 2026. The NCEAP establishes South Africa’s first comprehensive 10-year national framework (2026–2036) to transition from a linear “take-make-dispose” economy to a regenerative circular model. It commits to keeping strategic materials in circulation at their highest value, formalising 60,000–90,000 waste reclaimers through a Just Transition with service-level agreements benchmarked against the National Minimum Wage (R30.23 per hour), and positioning South Africa as the primary AfCFTA secondary materials processing hub.

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