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Solid Waste Management Rules, 2070 (2013).

Country/Territory
Nepal
Document type
Regulation
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Authorization/permit Solid waste Waste disposal Waste management Institution Pollution control Hazardous waste Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Southern Asia
Entry into force notes
These Rules shall come into force immediately.
Abstract

These Rules, consisting of 27 sections and four Annexes, regulate Solid Waste Generation, Collection, Management and Disposal. They establish that the local body shall conduct programmes for increasing people's awareness in relation to applying appropriate technology for making segregation through reduction of generation of solid waste at its source and management under Sub-Rule (1). In particular, they specify the following issues: Segregation and Management of Solid Waste; Discharge and Management of Solid Waste and Harmful and Chemical Waste; Discharge and Management of Health Institution Related Waste; Transportation and Sanitary Landfill Sites; Management after the Closure of the Sanitary Landfill Site; Licensing, etc. The company, organization or agency wishing for solid waste management, has to apply in the format given in Annex 1, along with the necessary documents and the fee prescribed by the local body in addition to the details mentioned in Section 13 of Sub-Section (2) of the Act, specifying any detail in the application filed to the Local Body. Annexes list all the requirements to be satisfied in order to request and obtain a Licence for Solid Waste Management.

Full text
English
Website
www.lawcommission.gov.np

References - Legislation

Implements

Solid Waste Management Act, 2068 (2011).

Legislation | Nepal | 2011

Keyword: Solid waste, Waste disposal, Waste management, Institution, Pollution control, Hazardous waste, Offences/penalties, Public private partnership (PPP), Basic legislation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX