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Waste management in India falls under the purview of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). In 2016, this ministry released the Solid Wastage Management (SWM) Rules, which replaced by the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, and 2000 of which had been in place for 16 years. [1]
These rules establish and place specific responsibilities for each party involved in the production, disposal, and management of electronic waste. Specific responsibilities were given to the manufacturer, producer, collection centers, dealers, refurbisher, consumer or bulk consumer, recycler, and the state government.
The Environment Protection Act, 1986. [1] is enforced by the Central Pollution Control Board and the numerous State Pollution Control Boards.The National Green Tribunal established under the National Green Tribunal Act of 2010 [2] has jurisdiction over all environmental cases dealing with a substantial environmental question and acts covered under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution ...
Rules on the Handling of Packaging and Packaging Waste; Rules on the labelling of cosmetic products; Rules on landfill waste tipping; Rules on the management of waste from the production of titanium dioxide; Rules on the Management of Waste Oils; Rules on the monitoring of environmental pollution from the production of titanium dioxide; Rules ...
Pages in category "Waste management in India" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Aug. 16—AUSTIN — Railroad Commission of Texas Commissioners voted to publish for public comment proposed amendments that are critical to updating the agency's rules regulating waste management ...
These rules restrict the land disposal (placement in landfills, primarily) of hazardous waste without prior approved programs. The "disposal prohibition" mandates that hazardous waste cannot be disposed on land until it is treated to meet specified characteristics (acceptable ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity), or is treated ...
For the uninitiated, sorting one's rubbish can be a convoluted process in Japan - a country that boasts one of the world's strictest waste disposal rules. But in the city of Fukushima, things are ...