Rules and Regulations

Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules

Definition
• Hazardous Waste refers to any solid, liquid, or gaseous material that,
because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical
characteristics, poses significant potential hazards to human health
and the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported,
disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Hazardous waste can be defined based on the
following characteristics:
• Ignitability: Substances that can readily catch fire under standard
temperature and pressure conditions.
• Corrosivity: Materials that can corrode metals or have a very high or
low pH.
• Reactivity: Substances that can cause explosions, toxic fumes, gases,
or vapors when heated, compressed, or mixed with water.
• Toxicity: Materials harmful or fatal when ingested, inhaled, or
absorbed by the skin.
List of authorities and corresponding duties
Sr. No. Authority Corresponding Duties

1 Ministry of Environment, (i) Identification of hazardous and other wastes

Forests and Climate (ii) Permission to exporters of hazardous and other wastes
Change under the (iii) Permission to importer of hazardous and other wastes
Environment (iv) Permission for transit of hazardous and other wastes through India.
(Protection)Act, 1986 (v) Promote environmentally sound management of hazardous and
other waste.
(vi) Sponsoring of training and awareness programme on Hazardous
and Other Waste Management related activities.
List of authorities and corresponding duties
Sr. No. Authority Corresponding Duties

2 Central Pollution (i) Co-ordination of activities of State Pollution Control Boards

Control Board (ii) Conduct training courses for authorities dealing with management of
constituted under hazardous and other wastes
the Water (iii) Recommend standards and specifications for treatment and disposal of
(Prevention and wastes and leachates, recommend procedures for characterisation of
Control of Pollution) hazardous wastes.
Act, 1974 (iv) Inspection of facilities handling hazardous waste as and when necessary.
(v) Sector specific documentation to identify waste for inclusion in these
rules.
(vi) Prepare and update guidelines to prevent or minimise the generation
and handling of hazardous and other wastes.
(vii) Prepare and update guidelines/ Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs)
for recycling, utilization, pre-processing, co-processing of hazardous and
other wastes.
(viii) To prepare annual review report on management of hazardous waste.
(ix) Any other function assigned by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change, from time to time.
List of authorities and corresponding duties

Sr. No. Authority Corresponding Duties

3 State (i) Identification of site (s) for common Hazardous and Other Waste
Government/Union Treatment Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF)
Territory (ii) Asses Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) reports and convey the
Government/Admini decision of approval of site or otherwise Acquire the site or inform
stration operator of facility or occupier or association of occupiers to acquire the
site
(iii) Notification of sites.
(iv) Publish periodically an inventory of all potential or existing disposal sites
in the State or Union Territory
List of authorities and corresponding duties

Sr. No. Authority Corresponding Duties

4 State Pollution (i) Inventorisation of hazardous and other wastes

Control Boards or (ii) Grant and renewal of authorisation
Pollution Control (iii) Monitoring of compliance of various provisions and conditions of
Committees permission including conditions of permission for issued by Ministry of
constituted under Environment, Forest and Climate Change for exports and imports
the Water (iv) Examining the applications for imports submitted by the importers and
(Prevention and forwarding the same to Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Control of Pollution) Change
Act, 1974 (v) Implementation of programmes to prevent or reduce or minimise the
generation of hazardous and other wastes.
(vi) Action against violations of these rules.
(vii) Any other function under these Rules assigned by Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change from time to time.
List of authorities and corresponding duties
Sr. No. Authority Corresponding Duties

5 Directorate General (i) Grant of licence for import of hazardous and other wastes
of Foreign Trade (ii) Refusal of licence for hazardous and other wastes prohibited for imports
constituted under and export.
the Foreign Trade
(Development and
Regulation) Act, 1992

6 Port authority under (i) Verify the documents

Indian Ports Act, (ii) Inform the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change of any
1908 (15 of 1908) illegal traffic
and Customs (iii) Analyse wastes permitted for imports and exports, wherever required.
Authority under the (iv) Train officials on the provisions of these rules and in the analysis of
Customs Act, 1962 hazardous and other wastes
(52 of 1962) (v) Take action against exporter or importer for violations under the Indian
Ports Act, 1908 or Customs Act, 1962
PROCEDURE FOR MANAGEMENT OF
HAZARDOUS AND OTHER WASTES
Responsibilities of the occupier for management of hazardous and
other wastes:-
A. For the management of hazardous and other wastes, an occupier
shall follow the following steps, namely:-
• prevention;
• minimization;
• reuse,
• recycling;
• recovery, utilisation including co-processing;
• safe disposal.
PROCEDURE FOR MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS
AND OTHER WASTES
B. The occupier shall be responsible for safe and environmentally sound management of
hazardous and other wastes.
C. The hazardous and other wastes generated in the establishment of an occupier shall be
sent or sold to an authorised actual user or shall be disposed of in an authorised disposal
facility.
D. The hazardous and other wastes shall be transported from an occupier’s establishment to
an authorised actual user or to an authorised disposal facility in accordance with the
provisions of these rules.
E. The occupier who intends to get its hazardous and other wastes treated and disposed of
by the operator of a treatment, storage and disposal facility shall give to the operator of that
facility, such specific information as may be needed for safe storage and disposal.
F. The occupier shall take all the steps while managing hazardous and other wastes to-
(a) contain contaminants and prevent accidents and limit their consequences on human
beings and the environment; and
(b) provide persons working in the site with appropriate training, equipment and the
information necessary to ensure their safety.
Responsibilities of State Government for
environmentally sound management of hazardous and
other wastes.
• Department of Industry in the State or any other government agency authorised in this
regard by the State Government, to ensure earmarking or allocation of industrial space or
shed for recycling, pre-processing and other utilisation of hazardous or other waste in the
existing and upcoming industrial park, estate and industrial clusters;
• Department of Labour in the State or any other government agency authorised in this
regard by the State Government shall,-
• ensure recognition and registration of workers involved in recycling, preprocessing and other
utilisation activities;
• assist formation of groups of such workers to facilitate setting up such facilities;
• undertake industrial skill development activities for the workers involved in recycling, pre-processing
and other utilisation;
• undertake annual monitoring and to ensure safety and health of workers involved in recycling,
pre-processing and other utilisation.
• Every State Government may prepare integrated plan for effective implementation of
these provisions and to submit annual report to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change, in the Central Government.
Grant of authorisation for managing
hazardous and other wastes
• Every occupier of the facility who is engaged in handling, generation, collection,
storage, packaging, transportation, use, treatment, processing, recycling,
recovery, pre-processing, co-processing, utilisation, offering for sale, transfer or
disposal of the hazardous and other wastes shall be required to make an
application in (Form 1) to the State Pollution Control Board.
• Such application for authorisation shall be accompanied with a copy each of the
following documents, namely:-
• (a) consent to establish granted by the State Pollution Control Board under the Water
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (25 of 1974) and the Air (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (21 of 1981);
• (b) Consent to operate granted by the State Pollution Control Board under the Water
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (25 of 1974) and/or Air (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, (21 of 1981);
• (c) in case of renewal of authorisation, a self-certified compliance report in respect of
effluent, emission standards and the conditions specified in the authorisation for hazardous
and other wastes:
Power to suspend or cancel an authorisation
• The State Pollution Control Board, may, if in its opinion the holder of
the authorisation has failed to comply with any of the conditions of
the authorisation or with any provisions of the Act or these rules and
after giving him a reasonable opportunity of being heard and after
recording reasons thereof in writing cancel or suspend the
authorization.
Storage of hazardous and other wastes
• (1) The occupiers of facilities may store the hazardous and other
wastes for a period not exceeding ninety days and shall maintain a
record of sale, transfer, storage, recycling, recovery, pre-processing,
co-processing and utilisation of such wastes.
Utilisation of hazardous and other wastes
• The utilisation of hazardous and other wastes as a resource or after
pre-processing either for co-processing or for any other use, including
within the premises of the generator (if it is not part of process), shall
be carried out only after obtaining authorisation from the State
Pollution Control Board.
Standard Operating Procedure or guidelines
for actual users
• The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change or the
Central Pollution Control Board may issue guidelines or standard
operating procedures for environmentally sound management of
hazardous and other wastes from time to time.
IMPORT AND EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS AND
OTHER WASTES
• Import and export (transboundary movement) of hazardous and other
wastes.- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change shall be
the nodal Ministry to deal with the transboundary movement.
• Strategy for Import and export of hazardous and other wastes.-
• No import/export of the hazardous and other wastes from any country to India for
disposal shall be permitted.
• The import/export of hazardous and other wastes from any country shall be
permitted only for recycling, recovery, reuse and utilisation including co-processing.
• The import/export of hazardous waste may be allowed to actual users with the prior
informed consent of the exporting country and shall require the permission of the
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL
FACILITY FOR HAZARDOUS AND OTHER
WASTES
• The State Government, occupier, operator of a facility or any association of occupiers shall individually or jointly
or severally be responsible for identification of sites for establishing the facility for treatment, storage and
disposal of the hazardous and other waste in the State.
• The operator of common facility or occupier of a captive facility, shall design and set up the treatment, storage
and disposal facility as per technical guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board and shall obtain
approval from the State Pollution Control Board for design and layout.
• The State Pollution Control Board shall monitor the setting up and operation of the common or captive
treatment, storage and disposal facility, regularly.
• The operator of common facility or occupier of a captive facility shall be responsible for safe and
environmentally sound operation of the facility and its closure and post closure phase, as per guidelines or
standard operating procedures issued by the Central Pollution Control Board.
• The operator of common facility or occupier of a captive facility shall maintain records of hazardous and other
wastes handled by him.
• The operator of common facility or occupier of a captive facility shall file an annual return to the State Pollution
Control Board on or before the 30th day of June following the financial year to which that return relates.
PACKAGING, LABELLING OF HAZARDOUS
AND OTHER WASTES
• Any occupier handling hazardous or other wastes and operator of the
treatment, storage and disposal facility shall ensure that the
hazardous and other wastes are packaged in a manner suitable for
safe handling, storage and transport as per the guidelines issued by
the Central Pollution Control Board.
• The label shall be of non-washable material, weather proof and easily
visible.
TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS AND OTHER
WASTES
• The transport of the hazardous and other waste shall be in
accordance with the provisions of these rules and the rules made by
the Central Government under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the
guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board.
• The occupier shall provide the transporter with the relevant
information regarding the hazardous nature of the wastes and
measures to be taken in case of an emergency and shall label the
hazardous and other wastes containers.
• The sender shall obtain ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the State
Pollution Control Board of both the States.
• State Pollution Control Board has to be intimated about the transport.
 Hazardous Waste Examples
Sr. No. Processes Hazardous Waste
1 Pe trochemical processes 1.1 Furnace or reactor residue and debris
and pyrolytic operations 1.2 Tarry residues and still bottoms from distillation
1.3 Oily sludge emulsion
1.4 Organic residues
1.5 Residues from alkali wash of fuels
1.6 Spent catalyst and molecular sieves
1.7 Oil from wastewater treatment
2 Cr ude oil and natural gas 2.1 Drill cuttings excluding those from water
production based mud
2.2 Sludge containing oil
2.3 Drilling mud containing oil
3 Cl eaning, emptying and 3.1 cargo residue, washing water and sludge
maintenance of containing oil
petroleum oil 3.2 cargo residue and sludge containing
storage tanks including chemicals
ships 3.3 Sludge and filters contaminated with oil
3.4 Ballast water containing oil from ships
 Hazardous Waste Examples
Sr. No. Processes Hazardous Waste
4 Secondary production and 4.1 Sludge and filter press cake arising out of production of Zinc Sulphate
/ or industrial use of zinc and other Zinc Compounds.
4.2 Zinc fines or dust or ash or skimmings in dispersible form
4.3 Other residues from processing of zinc ash or skimmings
4.4 Flue gas dust and other particulates
5 Production of primary and 5.1 Sludges from off-gas treatment
secondary aluminum 5.2 Cathode residues including pot lining wastes
5.3 Tar containing wastes
5.4 Flue gas dust and other particulates
5.5 Drosses and waste from treatment of salt sludge
6 Metal surface treatment, 6.1 Acidic and alkaline residues
such as etching, staining, 6.2 Spent acid and alkali
polishing, galvanizing, 6.3 Spent bath and sludge containing sulphide, cyanide and toxic metals
cleaning, degreasing, 6.4 Sludge from bath containing organic solvents
plating, etc. 6.5 Phosphate sludge
6.6 Sludge from staining bath
6.7 Copper etching residues
6.8 Plating metal sludge
 Hazardous Waste Examples
Sr. No. Processes Hazardous Waste
7 Production of plastics 7.1 Spent catalysts
7.2 Process residues
8 Production/formulation of 8.1 Process Residue and wastes
drugs/pharmaceutical and 8.2 Spent catalyst
health care product 8.3 Spent carbon
8.4 Off specification products
8.5 Date-expired products
8.6 Spent solvents
10 Electronic Industry 10.1 Process residue and wastes
10.2 Spent etching chemicals and solvents
11 Chemical processing of 11.1 Process residues
Ores containing heavy 11.2 Spent acid
metals such as Chromium,
Manganese, Nickel,
Cadmium etc.
Waste constituents with concentration
limits
• Class A: Based on leachable concentration limits [Toxicity Characteristic Leaching
Procedure (TCLP) or Soluble Threshold Limit Concentration (STLC)]
• Class B: Based on Total Threshold Limit Concentration (TTLC)
• CLASS C : Based on hazardous Characteristics
• Class C1: Flammable
• Class C2: Corrosive
• Class C3: Reactive or explosive
• Class C4: Toxic
• Class C5: Substances or Wastes liable to spontaneous combustion
• Class C6: Substances or Wastes which, in contact with water emit flammable gases
• Class C7: Oxidizing
• Class C8: Organic Peroxides
• Class C9: Poisons (acute)
• Class C10: Infectious substances
• Class C11: Liberation of toxic gases in contact with air or water
• Class C12: Eco-toxic-
• Class C13: Capable, by any means, after disposal, of yielding another material, e.g., leachate, which
possesses any of the characteristics listed above.
Bio-Medical Waste Management
• These rules shall apply to all persons who generate, collect, receive,
store, transport, treat, dispose, or handle bio medical waste in any
form including hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, dispensaries,
veterinary institutions, animal houses, pathological laboratories,
blood banks, research or educational institutions, health camps,
medical or surgical camps, vaccination camps, blood donation camps,
first aid rooms of schools, forensic laboratories and research labs.
Bio-Medical Waste Management:
Duties of the Occupier
• Take all necessary steps to ensure that bio-medical waste is handled
without any adverse effect to human health and the environment.
• Make a provision within the premises for a safe, ventilated and secured
location for storage of segregated biomedical waste in colored bags or
containers to ensure that there shall be no secondary handling, pilferage of
recyclables or inadvertent scattering or spillage by animals and the
bio-medical waste from such place or premises shall be directly transported
to the common bio-medical waste treatment facility or for the appropriate
treatment and disposal.
• Pre-treat the laboratory waste, microbiological waste, blood samples and
blood bags through disinfection or sterilisation on-site in the manner as
prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) or National AIDs
Control Organisation (NACO) guidelines and then sent to the common
bio-medical waste treatment facility for final disposal.
Bio-Medical Waste Management:
Duties of the Occupier
• Phase out use of chlorinated plastic bags, gloves and blood bags
within two years from the date of notification of these rules;
• Dispose of solid waste other than bio-medical waste in accordance
with the provisions of respective waste management rules made
under the relevant laws and amended from time to time;
• Not to give treated bio-medical waste with municipal solid waste;
• Provide training to all its health care workers and others, involved in
handling of bio medical waste.
Bio-Medical Waste Management:
Duties of the Occupier
• Immunise all its health care workers and others, involved in handling
of bio-medical waste for protection against diseases.
• Establish a Bar- Code System for bags or containers containing
bio-medical waste to be sent out of the premises or place for any
purpose within one year from the date of the notification of these
rules;
• Ensure segregation of liquid chemical waste at source and ensure
pre-treatment or neutralisation prior to mixing with other effluent
generated from health care facilities;
• Ensure treatment and disposal of liquid waste in accordance with the
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 ( 6 of 1974);
Bio-Medical Waste Management:
Duties of the Occupier
• Ensure occupational safety of all its health care workers and others involved
in handling of biomedical waste by providing appropriate and adequate
personal protective equipments;
• Conduct health check up at the time of induction and at least once in a year
for all its health care workers and others involved in handling of bio-
medical waste and maintain the records for the same;
• Maintain and update on day to day basis the bio-medical waste
management register and display the monthly record on its website in
terms of category and colour coding as specified;
• Report major accidents including accidents caused by fire hazards, blasts
during handling of biomedical waste and the remedial action taken and the
records relevant thereto, to the prescribed authority and also along with
the annual report;
Bio-Medical Waste Management:
Duties of the Occupier
• Make available the annual report on its web-site and all the health care facilities shall
make own website.
• Inform the prescribed authority immediately in case the operator of a facility does not
collect the bio-medical waste within the intended time or as per the agreed time;
• Establish a system to review and monitor the activities related to bio-medical waste
management, either through an existing committee or by forming a new committee and
the Committee shall meet once in every six months and the record of the minutes of the
meetings and shall be submitted along with the annual report to the prescribed authority
and the healthcare establishments.
• Maintain all record for operation of incineration, hydro or autoclaving etc., for a period of
five years;
• Existing incinerators to achieve the standards for treatment and disposal of bio-medical
waste as specified for retention time in secondary chamber and Dioxin and Furans within
two years from the date of this notification.
Bio-Medical Waste Management:
Duties of the Operator
• Take all necessary steps to ensure that the bio-medical waste
collected from the occupier is transported, handled, stored, treated
and disposed of, without any adverse effect to the human health and
the environment.
• Ensure timely collection of bio-medical waste from the occupier
• Establish bar coding and global positioning system for handling of bio-
medical waste.
• Inform the prescribed authority immediately regarding the occupiers
which are not handing over the segregated bio-medical waste in
accordance with these rules.
Bio-Medical Waste Management:
Duties of the Operator
• Provide training for all its workers involved in handling of bio-medical
waste at the time of induction and at least once a year.
• Assist the occupier in training conducted by them for bio-medical
waste management.
• Undertake appropriate medical examination at the time of induction
and at least once in a year and immunise all its workers involved in
handling of bio-medical waste for protection against diseases.
• Ensure occupational safety of all its workers involved in handling of
bio-medical waste by providing appropriate and adequate personal
protective equipment.
Bio-Medical Waste Management:
Duties of the Operator
• Report major accidents including accidents caused by fire hazards, blasts during
handling of biomedical waste and the remedial action taken and along with the
annual report.
• Maintain a log book for each of its treatment equipment according to weight of
batch; categories of waste treated; time, date and duration of treatment cycle and
total hours of operation.
• Allow occupier , who are giving waste for treatment to the operator, to see
whether the treatment is carried out as per the rules.
• Shall display details of authorisation, treatment, annual report etc on its web-site.
• After ensuring treatment by autoclaving or microwaving followed by mutilation or
shredding, whichever is applicable, the recyclables from the treated bio-medical
wastes such as plastics and glass, shall be given to recyclers having valid consent
or authorisation or registration from the respective State Pollution Control Board
or Pollution Control Committee.
Bio-Medical Waste Management:
Duties of the Operator
• Supply non-chlorinated plastic coloured bags to the occupier on
chargeable basis, if required;
• Common bio-medical waste treatment facility shall ensure collection
of biomedical waste on holidays also.
• Maintain all record for operation of incineration, hydroor autoclaving
for a period of five years; and
• Upgrade existing incinerators to achieve the standards for retention
time in secondary chamber and Dioxin and Furans within two years
from the date of this notification.
Recycled plastics usage rules, batteries
(management and handling) rules
• India has established comprehensive regulations for the management and
handling of recycled plastics and batteries to promote environmental
sustainability and public health.
• Recycled Plastics Usage Rules:
• India has implemented a ban on single-use plastics effective from July 1, 2022. This ban
targets items such as earbuds, polystyrene packets, and packaging wraps.
• The initiative aims to reduce plastic pollution and encourages the adoption of alternative
materials and recycling practices. However, the ban poses challenges for the informal
sector, including ragpickers who rely on collecting and selling plastic waste for their
livelihoods .
• In response, startups like Plastics for Change have emerged, focusing on creating
fair trade verified recycled plastic platforms that connect waste pickers with scrap
merchants to produce high-quality recycled packaging.
• Such initiatives are supported by collaborations with organizations like The Body Shop,
which provide guidance on European plastic standards, quality control, and supply chain
management .
plastics usage rules
• Conditions.- (1) The manufacture, importer stocking, distribution, sale and
use of carry bags, plastic sheets or like, or cover made of plastic sheet and
multilayered packaging, shall be subject to the following conditions,
namely:-
• a) carry bags and plastic packaging shall either be in natural shade which is without
any added pigments or made using only those pigments and colourants which are in
conformity with Indian Standard : IS 9833:1981 titled as “List of pigments and
colourants for use in plastics in contact with foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and
drinking water”, as amended from time to time;
• b) Carry bags made of recycled plastic or products made of recycled plastic shall not
be used for storing, carrying, dispensing or packaging ready to eat or drink food
stuff’;
• c) carry bag made of virgin or recycled plastic, shall not be less than fifty microns in
thickness;
• d) plastic sheet or like, which is not an integral part of multilayered packaging and
cover made of plastic sheet used for packaging, wrapping the commodity shall not
be less than fifty microns in thickness except where the thickness of such plastic
sheets impair the functionality of the product;
plastics usage rules
• e) the manufacturer shall not sell or provide or arrange plastic to be used as raw
material to a producer, not having valid registration from the concerned State Pollution
Control Boards or Pollution Control Committee;
• f) sachets using plastic material shall not be used for storing, packing or selling gutkha,
tobacco and pan masala;
• g) recycling of plastic waste shall conform to the Indian Standard: IS 14534:1998 titled
as Guidelines for Recycling of Plastics, as amended from time to time;
• h) The provision of thickness shall not be applicable to carry bags made up of
compostable plastic. Carry bags made from compostable plastics shall conform to the
Indian Standard: IS 17088:2008 titled as Specifications for Compostable Plastics, as
amended from time to time. The manufacturers or seller of compostable plastic carry
bags shall obtain a certificate from the Central Pollution Control Board before marketing
or selling; and
• i) plastic material, in any form including Vinyl Acetate - Maleic Acid - Vinyl Chloride
Copolymer, shall not be used in any package for packaging gutkha, pan masala and
tobacco in all forms.
Plastic waste management
• plastic waste, which can be recycled, shall be channelized to registered
plastic waste recycler and recycling of plastic shall conform to the Indian
Standard: IS 14534:1998 titled as Guidelines for Recycling of Plastics, as
amended from time to time.
• local bodies shall encourage the use of plastic waste (preferably the plastic
waste which cannot be further recycled) for road construction as per Indian
Road Congress guidelines or energy recovery or waste to oil etc. The
standards and pollution control norms specified by the prescribed authority
for these technologies shall be complied with.
• Thermo set plastic waste shall be processed and disposed off as per the
guidelines issued from time to time by the Central Pollution Control Board.
• The inert from recycling or processing facilities of plastic waste shall be
disposed of in compliance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2000
or as amended from time to time.
Plastic waste management
(a) Ensuring segregation, collection, storage, transportation, processing and
disposal of plastic waste;
(b) ensuring that no damage is caused to the environment during this
process;
(c) ensuring channelization of recyclable plastic waste fraction to recyclers;
(d) ensuring processing and disposal on non-recyclable fraction of plastic
waste in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Central Pollution
Control Board;
(e) creating awareness among all stakeholders about their responsibilities;
(f) engaging civil societies or groups working with waste pickers; and (g)
ensuring that open burning of plastic waste does not take place.
Responsibility of waste generator
• (1) The waste generator shall.-
• (a) take steps to minimize generation of plastic waste and segregate plastic
waste at source in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2000
or as amended from time to time.
• (b) not litter the plastic waste and ensure segregated storage of waste at
source and handover segregated waste to urban local body or gram
panchayat or agencies appointed by them or registered waste pickers’,
registered recyclers or waste collection agencies;
Marking or labelling
BATTERY Management Rules
• Producer shall have the obligation of Extended Producer Responsibility for the Battery that they introduce in the
market to ensure the attainment of the recycling or refurbishing obligations.
• Producer shall meet the collection and recycling and/or refurbishment targets for Battery made available in the
market.
• Waste Battery collected by the Producer shall be sent for recycling or refurbishing and shall not be sent for
landfilling or incineration.
• The person or an entity involved in manufacturing of Battery shall have to register through the online
centralised portal as Producer.
• Producer shall file for renewal of registration in Form 1(A) before sixty days of its expiry.
• Producer shall inform the Central Pollution Control Board of any changes to the information contained in the
Extended Producer Responsibility Registration and of any permanent cessation as regards to the making
available on the market of the Battery referred to in the Extended Producer Responsibility Registration.
• Producer shall provide Extended Producer Responsibility plan to Central Pollution Control Board. It shall contain
information on the quantity, weight of Battery along with the dry weight of Battery materials through the
centralised portal.
• In order to develop a separate waste stream for collection of Waste Battery for fulfilling Extended Producer
Responsibility obligations, the Producer, may operate schemes such as deposit refund system or buy back or any
other model.
Functions of Consumer.

• It will be the responsibility of consumer, -

• to discard Waste Battery separately from other waste streams especially from
mixed waste, domestic waste streams;
• to ensure that Waste Battery are disposed off in an environment friendly
manner by giving it to an entity engaged in collection or refurbishment or
recycling;
Other Bodies’ Responsible
• Functions of Public Waste Management Authorities
• Functions of entity involved in collection, segregation and treatment
• Functions of Refurbisher.
• Functions of Recycler.
• Functions of Central Pollution Control Board
• Functions of State Pollution Control Board.
• Action on violations and imposition of Environmental Compensation.
Fly Ash Rules
• Mandatory Use of Fly Ash in Construction
• Fly ash bricks, blocks, and tiles
• Paving blocks and tiles
• Concrete, mortar, and plaster
• Cement (with a minimum of 15% fly ash content)(CPCB)
• The minimum fly ash content varies by product type, as specified in the
notification
Fly Ash Utilization Targets for Thermal Power
Plants
• Thermal power plants are mandated to achieve 100% fly ash
utilization within three years of the notification date. Penalties of
₹1,000 per ton are imposed for non-compliance.
Penalties and Enforcement
• The government has introduced a penalty regime for non-compliance
with fly ash utilization norms. Thermal power plants failing to meet
utilization targets may face fines, emphasizing the importance of
adhering to environmental regulations.
Monitoring and Compliance
• The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) oversees the
implementation of these regulations. Thermal power plants are
required to:
• Submit annual implementation reports detailing compliance
• Maintain updated records of fly ash stock and utilization
• Install dedicated infrastructure for fly ash handling
• Additionally, a monitoring committee has been constituted to ensure
effective enforcement of these provisions.
Environmental and Agricultural Benefits
• Utilizing fly ash in construction and agricultural applications helps in:
• Reducing the environmental footprint of construction materials
• Enhancing soil fertility when used as a soil conditioner
• Minimizing land requirements for fly ash disposal
• These practices contribute to sustainable development and environmental
conservation.