The environmental affairs department (DEA) has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein’s judgment this week upholding, with costs, the appeal by the Gauteng agriculture and rural development department (GDARD) against the findings of the High Court in Pretoria with respect to the validity of a Compliance Notice issued by an environmental management inspector to waste management company Interwaste. The Compliance Notice had been issued to essentially address the ongoing operations at the FG landfill site in Midrand after the company’s waste management licence had lapsed, thereby rendering the ongoing disposal of waste unlawful. The notice was issued in 2016, the DEA said in a statement on Sunday.