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WASTE MANAGEMENT 
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WASTE MANAGEMENT 
WASTE MANAGEMENT 
They are the activities and actions required to 
manage waste from its inception to its final 
disposal.
 
 This includes the collection, transport, 
treatment and disposal of waste, together 
with monitoring and regulation of the waste 
management process. 
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WASTE MANAGEMENT 
WASTE MANAGEMENT 
They are the activities and actions required to 
manage waste from its inception to its final 
disposal.
 
 This includes the collection, transport, 
treatment and disposal of waste, together 
with monitoring and regulation of the waste 
management process. 
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 
RULES, 2016 
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WASTE MANAGEMENT 
WASTE MANAGEMENT 
They are the activities and actions required to 
manage waste from its inception to its final 
disposal.
 
 This includes the collection, transport, 
treatment and disposal of waste, together 
with monitoring and regulation of the waste 
management process. 
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 
RULES, 2016 
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 
2016 
         The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, in 
supersession of Municipal Solid Waste (Management and 
Handling) Rules, 2000, has notified the Solid Waste Management 
Rules, 2016. 
 The Rules direct the waste generators to segregate the waste at 
source and hand over the segregated waste to authorized waste 
pickers or waste collectors.  
The Rules mandate all resident welfare and market associations, 
gated communities, institutions, all hotels and restaurants to 
ensure segregation of waste at source, facilitate collection of 
segregated waste in separate streams and handover recyclable 
material to either the authorized waste pickers or the authorized 
recyclers. 
 
Further, the Rule prescribes that the bio-degradable waste shall be 
processed, treated and disposed off through composting or bio-
methanation within the premises as far as possible. 
 
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WASTE MANAGEMENT 
WASTE MANAGEMENT 
They are the activities and actions required to 
manage waste from its inception to its final 
disposal.
 
 This includes the collection, transport, 
treatment and disposal of waste, together 
with monitoring and regulation of the waste 
management process. 
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 
RULES, 2016 
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 
2016 
         The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, in 
supersession of Municipal Solid Waste (Management and 
Handling) Rules, 2000, has notified the Solid Waste Management 
Rules, 2016. 
 The Rules direct the waste generators to segregate the waste at 
source and hand over the segregated waste to authorized waste 
pickers or waste collectors.  
The Rules mandate all resident welfare and market associations, 
gated communities, institutions, all hotels and restaurants to 
ensure segregation of waste at source, facilitate collection of 
segregated waste in separate streams and handover recyclable 
material to either the authorized waste pickers or the authorized 
recyclers. 
 
Further, the Rule prescribes that the bio-degradable waste shall be 
processed, treated and disposed off through composting or bio-
methanation within the premises as far as possible. 
 
 
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 
2016 
 
The source segregation of waste has been mandated to channelize 
the waste to wealth by recovery, reuse and recycle. 
Responsibilities of Generators have been introduced to segregate 
waste into three streams 
Wet (Biodegradable), 
Dry (Plastic, Paper, metal, wood, etc.) and 
Domestic hazardous wastes (diapers, napkins, empty containers of 
cleaning agents, mosquito repellents, etc.) 
Segregated wastes should be handed over to authorized rag-pickers 
or waste collectors or local bodies. 
Integration of waste pickers/ rag pickers and waste dealers in the 
formal system.  
This is to be done by State Governments, and Self Help Group, or any 
other group to be formed. 
Generator will have to pay ‘User Fee’ to waste collector and for ‘Spot 
Fine’ for Littering and Non-segregation.