# The Gauteng Environment Department, led by MEC Ewan Botha, has dismantled an illegal tyre burning and waste storage site in Ward 82, Geluksdal, Brakpan. Over 400 tyres were being burned to extract metal for scrap without authorisation. Authorities confiscated the tyres and impounded a delivery truck. Botha also found an abandoned business park with water-filled trenches. He urged Ekurhuleni to secure the site, improve waste collection, and formalise recycling under regulations.
Gauteng Environment Department dismantles illegal tyre burning site in Brakpan