MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULE 2000 AND REVISED SWM RULE 2016
This rule states the involvement and responsibility of various stakeholders starting from waste segregation at source to the final safe disposal. It provides technical support & SOPs related to waste management technologies. SWM 2000 is powers conferred by sections 3, 6, and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the SWM rule 2000 to regulate the management and handling of municipal solid waste.
Applicable to every municipal authority responsible for the collection, segregation, storage, transportation, processing, and disposal of municipal solid waste.
LIMITATIONS OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULE, 2000
PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT RULE AND AMENDMENT
PWM Rule 2016 highlights the responsibilities of producer, Generator, Manufacturer or importer and Local body. It aims to minimize the usage of plastic (plastic ban), channelizing recyclable plastic and responsibility of producers with set target for collection and processing of used plastic.
HIGHLIGHTS OF PWM RULE 2016:
HIGHLIGHTS OF PWN AMENDMENT 2021 & 2022:
PWM Amendment, 2022 To implement these rules more effectively and to give thrust on plastic waste minimization, source segregation, and recycling, involving waste pickers, recyclers, and waste processors in the collection of plastic waste fraction either from households or any other source of its generation or intermediate material recovery facility and adopt the polluter’s pay principle for the sustainability of the waste management system, the Central Government reviewed the existing rules.
MAIN FEATURES OF THIS RULE:
It defines the
E- WASTE MANAGEMENT RULE AND AMENDMENT
The government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change published the E-Waste management rule on 10th June 2015 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii) and after comments and suggestions it come into force from the 1st day of October 2016.
Whereas the draft rules, namely the E-waste (Management) Amendment Rules,2018, were published by the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change with the revised Extended Producer Responsibility targets. These rules may be called E-Waste (Management) Amendment Rules, 2018.
E-waste (Management) Amendment Rules,2022 which includes the responsibility of various stakeholders in EPR, & the revised registration process for stakeholders with SPCB/CPCB.
E-waste is divided into 6 major categories which cover about 91 types of E-waste item.
APPLICATION
The E-waste management Rule is Applicable to every manufacturer, producer, of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), refurbisher, and recycler involved in the manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, and processing of e-waste or electrical and electronic equipment.
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CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITION WASTE MANAGEMENT RULE AND AMENDMENT
After publishing SWM Rule 2000, the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests provided a regulatory framework for the management of municipal Solid Waste generated in the urban area of the country.
To make these rules more effective and to improve the collection, segregation, Recycling, treatment, and disposal of solid waste in an environmentally sound manner, the Central government reviewed the existing rules and it was considered necessary to revise the existing rules with an emphasis on the roles and accountability of waste generators and various stakeholders, giving thrust to segregation, recovery, reuse, recycle at source, address in detail the management of construction and demolition waste.
the draft rules, namely, the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2015 with a separate chapter on construction and demolition waste were published by the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change in 2016.
APPLICATION
The rules shall apply to every waste resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and demolition of any civil structure of an individual or organization or authority that generates Construction and demolition waste such as building materials, debris, and rubble.
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT RULE AND AMENDMENT
Hazardous waste means any waste that by reason of characteristics such as physical, chemical, biological, reactive, toxic, flammable, explosive or corrosive, causes danger or is likely to cause danger to health or the environment, whether alone or in contact with other wastes or substances.
Hazardous waste management rule is published in 2016, to ensure safe handling and disposal of hazardous waste.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS RULE
BIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT RULE AND AMENDMENT
Bio-medical waste means any waste, which is generated during the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals or research activities pertaining thereto or in the production or testing of biological or in health camps.
The Government of India published the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, dated the 20th of July 1998. For providing a regulatory framework for the management of bio-medical waste generated in the country; And whereas, to implement these rules more effectively, and to improve the collection, segregation, processing, treatment, and disposal of these bio-medical wastes in environmentally sound management thereby, reducing the bio-medical waste generation and its impact on the environment.
The Central Government reviewed the existing rules, the copies of the Gazette containing the said draft rules were made available to the public on the 3rd of June 2015. These rules called the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS RULE
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BATTERY WASTE MANAGEMENT & HANDLING RULE
Central Government hereby makes The batteries (management and handling) rules, in 2001 & amendment for Battery Waste Management Rules was published in 2022. It defines the type of battery wastes and responsibilities of stakeholders for handling and safe disposal.