Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000. Country/Territory India Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Solid waste Waste disposal Waste domestic sources Waste non-domestic sources Waste management Disinfection/disinfestation Effluent waste water/discharge Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Organic waste Pollution control Recycling/reuse Soil pollution/quality Geographical area Asia, 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 speci Full text English References - Legislation Amends Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989. Legislation | India | 1989 (2000) | Repealed Keyword: Hazardous waste, Waste disposal, Waste management, Waste non-domestic sources, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Recycling/reuse Source: FAO, FAOLEX