The Trade and Industry Ministry is seeking to recruit eight scrap metal inspectors to join the newly established Scrap Metal Unit.
This exercise comes as Government reopened the scrap metal industry on Friday after the partial proclamation of the Scrap Metal Act, 2022.
The ministry said the inspectors will report to the chief trade officer of the Trade Licence Unit (TLU), and are required to visit and inspect scrap metal and scrap metal sites, oversee the loading of material into containers for export, certify the scrap metal, examine documents and interact with dealers, stakeholders and the public.
They will also work with the police, Customs and Excise Division, the Environmental Management Authority and municipal and regional corporations.
In a statement on Friday, the ministry said the TLU was ready to work with dealers who now have to apply for licences. As of Friday, the unit had received 21 consent to entry forms and six applications for export licences were being processed.
“Dealers who hold valid licences are reminded that they must submit to the TLU, a declaration of consent to entry form (as outlined in the Scrap Metal Act, 2022) consenting to the entry of authorised officers on any scrap metal site specified in the licence during working hours,” said the ministry.
The police was responsible for enforcing the scrap metal law. Other agencies including the EMA are to assist with inspections of scrap yards.
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