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Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000.

Country/Territory
India
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Solid waste Waste disposal Waste domestic sources Waste non-domestic sources Waste management Disinfection/disinfestation Organic waste Pollution control Recycling/reuse Soil pollution/quality Effluent waste water/discharge Freshwater pollution
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Entry into force notes
Right after publication.
Abstract

Every municipal authority is responsible for the collection, segregation, storage,transportation,, processing and disposal of municipal solid wastes, meaning solid or semi-solid commercial and residential and post-treatment bio-medical wastes with the exclusion of industrial hazardous ones. The same Authority shall provide for a waste disposal facility, that shall be able to dispose of solid. semisoli and liquid wastes by processing them, transforming part of it in pellets, deposit them in specific landfilling areas preventing any soil, water or air pollution, recycilng them or dispose in any eological-oriented method.

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References - Legislation

Amends

Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989.

Legislation | India | 1989 (2000)

Keyword: Hazardous waste, Waste disposal, Waste management, Waste non-domestic sources, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX