Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 360] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2026/MAGHA 8, 1947 CG-DL-E-28012026-269620 [F. No. 18/3/2022-HSM] NEELESH KUMAR SAH, Jt.Secy. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27 th January 2026 S.O. 388(E).— Whereas the draft of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2024, was notified, by the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, vide notification number S.O. 5369 (E), dated the 9th December, 2024, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), inviting objections or suggestions from the persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification on the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2024 in supersession of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 were made available to the public; AND WHEREAS, the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public on the 14th December, 2024; AND WHEREAS, the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft notification within the said period have been duly considered by the Central Government; NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3, 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) and in suppression of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, except as respect of things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules for management of solid waste, namely:- Chapter I 1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026. (2) They shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of April 2026. 2. Application.— These rules shall apply to every urban body as well as rural local body, including all entities within their jurisdictions whether being controlled and managed by the government; private sector or in Public Private Partnership; special notified areas; notified industrial areas or townships; special economic zones; food parks; areas under the control of Indian Railways including railway stations, railway tracks and land parcels adjacent to railway tracks; airports; airbases; harbours and ports including dry ports; defence establishments; public and private establishments; State and Central Government organisations; places of pilgrim, religious and historical importance and all land owners public or private, individual or body corporate in possession of land parcels, and to every domestic, institutional, commercial and any other non-residential solid waste generator. The rule does not cover industrial waste, hazardous waste, hazardous chemicals, bio medical waste, e-waste, battery waste and radio-active waste, that are covered under separate rules framed under the Environment (Protection) Act,1986. 3. Definitions.— (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “aerobic composting” means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition of organic matter in the presence of oxygen; (b) “agri-residue" means crop residue or crop waste material generated from agricultural or horticultural crop fields or orchard, after harvest of crops e.g. straw, husk, etc; (c) “anaerobic digestion" means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition of organic matter in absence of oxygen; (d) "authorisation" means the permission given by the concerned State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee, as the case may be, under these rules to the operator of a facility or urban local authority or any other agency responsible for processing and disposal of waste; (e) “biodegradable waste" means any organic material that can be degraded by micro-organisms into simpler stable compounds; (f) "bio-methanation" means a process which entails enzymatic decomposition of the organic matter by microbial action to produce methane rich biogas; (g) “brand owner” means a person or company who sells any commodity under a registered brand label; (h) “buffer zone” means a zone to be maintained around solid waste processing and disposal facility, exceeding five tons per day of installed capacity and the guidelines for size and activities to be carried out inside buffer zone shall be developed by the Central Pollution Control Board based upon capacity and pollution load in order to minimize impact on environment and the buffer zone shall be maintained within the total area allotted for solid waste processing and disposal facility; (i) “bulk waste generator” covers the entities, given below, if they satisfy at least one of the following criterion; (i) buildings with floor area of 20,000 sq.m. or above; or (ii) water consumption of 40000 litres per day; or (iii) solid waste generation of 100 kg per day, namely:- (a) Institutional users including buildings occupied by the,- (i) Central Government departments or undertakings, State government departments or undertakings; (ii) local bodies; (iii) public sector undertakings or private companies; (iv) schools, colleges, universities, other educational institutions; and (v) community places or like; (b) Commercial users including,- (i) commercial establishments including railways, bus stations or depots, airports, ports; (ii) industrial units and industrial areas; (iii) malls, multiplexes; (iv) hotels; (v) hospitals, nursing homes; (vi) hostels; (vii) wholesale markets, including “Mandis”, for agricultural and horticultural produce, fish and meat; (viii) Stadium, sports complexes; (ix) Community halls, convention halls, auditorium; (x) Marriage or banquet halls; (xi) conference centres, Expo centres, exhibition areas; and (xii) tourist spots. (c) Residential societies. (j) "bye-laws" means regulatory framework notified by local body, including census town and notified area townships for facilitating the implementation of these rules effectively in their jurisdiction; (k) “census town” means an urban area as defined by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India; (l) “combustible waste” means non-biodegradable, non-recyclable, non-reusable, non hazardous solid waste having minimum calorific value exceeding 1500 kcal/kg and excluding chlorinated materials; (m) "composting" means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition of organic matter; (n) “contractor” means a person or firm that undertakes a contract to provide materials or labour to perform a service or do a job for service providing authority; (o) “co-processing” means use of non-biodegradable and non-recyclable solid waste having calorific value exceeding 1500 kcal/kg as raw material or as a source of energy or both to replace or supplement the natural mineral resources and fossil fuels in industrial processes; (p) “decentralised processing” means establishment of dispersed facilities for maximizing the processing of wet waste or horticulture waste as well as segregation and sorting of dry waste, sanitary waste, and special care waste closest to the source of generation so as to optimize transportation of waste for recycling or processing or disposal; (q) "disposal" means the final and safe disposal of post processed residual solid waste and inert street sweepings and silt from surface drains in sanitary landfills as specified in Schedule II to prevent contamination of ground water, surface water, ambient air and attraction of animals or birds; (r) "door to door collection" means collection of solid waste from the door step of households, shops, commercial establishments, offices, institutional or any other non residential premises and includes collection of such waste from entry gate or a designated location on the ground floor in a housing society , multi storied building or apartments , large residential, commercial or institutional complex or premises; (s) “dry waste” means waste other than wet waste sanitary waste, special care waste and includes recyclable waste and non-recyclable waste; (t) “dump sites” means a land utilised by local body for disposal of solid waste without following the principles of sanitary land filling; (u) “facility” means any establishment wherein the solid waste management processes namely segregation, recovery, storage, collection, recycling, processing, treatment or safe disposal are carried out; (v) "fine" means penalty imposed on waste generators or operators of waste processing and disposal facilities under the bye-laws for non-compliance of the directions contained in these rules or bye- laws; (w) "Form" means a form appended to these rules; (x) “handling” includes all activities relating to sorting, segregation, material recovery, collection, secondary storage, shredding, baling, crushing, loading, unloading, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste; (y) “horticultural waste” means plants-based waste from parks, gardens, traffic islands, road medians etc. including grass and wood clippings, weeds, pruning, branches, twigs, wood chipping, straw or dead leaves and tree trimmings, which cannot be accommodated in the daily collection system for wet waste; (z) “inerts” means wastes which are non bio-degradable, non-recyclable or non-combustible street sweeping or dust and silt removed from the surface drains; (za) “incineration” means a process that burns or combusts solid waste to thermally degrade waste materials at high temperatures; (zb) “informal waste collector” includes individuals, associations or waste traders who are involved in collecting, segregating, sorting, sale and purchase of waste materials including recyclable materials; (zc) "leachate" means the liquid that seeps through solid waste or other medium and has extracts of dissolved or suspended material from it; (zd) "local body” includes the municipal corporation, nagar nigam, municipal council, nagarpalika, municipal board, nagar panchayat and town panchayat, census towns, notified areas and notified industrial townships, panchayati raj institutions which include Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti Zila Parishad or District Panchayat, as the case may be; (ze) “material recovery facility” means a facility where solid waste other than wet waste and horticulture waste , can be temporarily stored by the local body or any entity authorised by local body to facilitate segregation and sorting of collected waste including biodegradable plastic as well as compostable plastic , and transfer of recyclables and non recyclables to authorised recyclers or waste processors from various components of waste; (zf) “non-biodegradable waste” means any waste that cannot be degraded by micro-organisms into simpler stable compounds; (zg) "operator of a facility" means a person or entity, who owns or operates a facility for handling solid waste which includes the local body and any other entity or any other agency appointed by the local body; (zh) “primary collection" means collection of segregated solid waste from source of its generation including households, markets, institutions, other commercial establishments or any other non-residential premises including industry or industrial areas or from any designated collection points specified by the local body to secondary storage points or secondary transfer station or like (zi) "processing" means any scientific process by which segregated solid waste is handled for the purpose of reuse, recycling or transformation into new products; (zj) "recycling" means the process of transforming segregated non-biodegradable solid waste into new material or product or as raw material for producing new products which may or may not be similar to the original products; (zk) “redevelopment” means rebuilding of old residential or commercial buildings at the same site, where the existing buildings and other infrastructures have become dilapidated; (zl) "refused derived fuel (RDF)"means fuel derived from combustible waste fraction of solid waste like plastic, wood, pulp or inorganic waste, other than chlorinated materials, in the form of pellets or fluff produced by drying, shredding, dehydrating and compacting of solid waste ; (zm) “Registered Environment Auditor” means Environment Auditor as defined under the Environment Audit Rules, 2025, as amended from time to time; (zn) “residual solid waste” means and includes the waste and rejects from the solid waste processing facilities which are not suitable for recycling or further processing; (zo) "sanitary land filling" means the final and safe disposal of residual solid waste and inert waste on land in a facility designed with protective measures against pollution of ground water, surface water and fugitive air dust, wind-blown litter, bad odour, fire hazard, animal menace, bird menace, pests or rodents, greenhouse gas emissions, persistent organic pollutants slope instability and erosion; (zp) “sanitary waste” means waste comprising of used diapers, sanitary towels or napkins, tampons, condoms, incontinence sheets and any other similar waste; (zq) “sanitary products” means products comprising of diapers, condoms, sanitary towels or napkins, tampons, incontinence sheets; (zr) "schedule" means the Schedule appended to these rules; (zs) "secondary storage" means the temporary containment of solid waste after collection at secondary waste storage depots or material recovery facilitates or bins for onward transportation of the waste to the processing or disposal facility; (zt) "segregation" means sorting and separate storage of various components of solid waste namely wet waste including agriculture and dairy waste, dry waste including recyclable waste, non- recyclable combustible waste, sanitary waste and non recyclable inert waste, special care waste, and construction and demolition waste; (zu) “service provider” means an authority providing public utility services like water, sewerage handling , electricity, telephone, roads, drainage, etc.; (zy) "solid waste" means and includes solid or semi-solid domestic waste, sanitary waste, commercial waste, institutional waste, catering and market waste and other non residential waste, street sweepings, silt removed or collected from the surface drains, horticulture waste, agriculture and dairy waste, treated bio-medical waste excluding industrial waste, bio-medical waste and e-waste, battery waste, radio-active waste generated in the area under the local authorities and other entities mentioned in rule 2; (zw) “sorting” means separating various components and categories of recyclables and non-recyclables such as paper including paperboard, plastic, metal, glass, etc., from waste as may be appropriate to facilitate recycling or processing or disposal; (zx) “special care waste” means and includes discarded paint drums, pesticide cans or containers or bottles, compact fluorescent lamp or bulbs, tube lights, expired medicines, broken mercury thermometers, waste batteries, used or waste needles and syringes and contaminated gauge, or any other waste notified by Central Pollution Control Board from time to time, generated at the household level; (zy) “stabilising” means the biological decomposition of biodegradable waste to a stable state where it generates no leachate or offensive odours and is fit for application to farm land ,soil erosion control and soil remediation; (zz) “State Pollution Control Board” means the State Pollution Control Board constituted under Section 4 of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974) and includes in relation to Union territory, the Pollution Control Committee; (zza) “street vendor” means any person engaged in vending of articles, goods, wares, food items or merchandise of everyday use or offering services to the general public, in a street, lane, side walk, footpath, pavement, public park or any other public place or private area, from a temporary built up structure or by moving from place to place. It includes hawker, peddler, squatter and all other synonymous terms which may be local or region specific; and the words “street vending” with their grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall be construed accordingly; (zzb) “tipping fee” means a fee or support price determined by the local bodies or authorities or any state agency authorised by the State Government or the Union territory administration to be paid to the concessionaire or third party and operator of waste processing facility or for disposal of residual solid waste at the landfill; (zzc) “transfer station” means a facility created to receive solid waste from collection areas and transport in bulk in covered vehicles or containers to waste processing and, or, disposal facilities; (zzd) "transportation" means conveyance of solid waste, either treated, partly treated or untreated from a location to another location in an environmentally sound manner through specially designed and covered transport system so as to prevent the foul odour, littering and unsightly conditions; (zze) “treatment” means the method, technique or process designed to modify physical, chemical or biological characteristics or composition of any waste so as to reduce its volume and potential to cause harm; (zzf) “user fee” means a fee imposed by the local body on the waste generator to cover for full or part cost of providing solid waste collection, transportation, processing and disposal services; (zzg) "vermi composting" means the process of conversion of bio-degradable waste into compost using earth worms; (zzh) “waste generator” means and includes every person or group of persons, every residential premises and non-residential establishments including Indian Railways, defense establishments, which generate solid waste; (zzi) “waste hierarchy” means the priority order in which the solid waste should be managed by giving emphasis to prevention, reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery and disposal, with prevention being the most preferred option and the disposal at the landfill being the least; (zzj) “waste picker” means a person or groups of persons informally engaged in collection and recovery of reusable and recyclable solid waste from the source of waste generation including the streets, bins, material recovery facilities, processing and waste disposal facilities for sale to recyclers directly or through intermediaries to earn their livelihood; (zzk) “waste to energy” means and includes use of solid waste for generation of energy and includes co processing through use of high calorific value non-biodegradable and non-recyclable fractions of solid waste for generation of heat through incineration (thermal process) for generation of electricity or use of biodegradable fraction of solid waste for anaerobic digestion (biomethanation) for generation of biogas (methane) including compressed biogas, Bio Compressed Natural Gas for use either directly or converted to electricity using appropriate generators; (zzl) “wet waste” means and includes organic waste including kitchen waste, food waste, vegetable waste , meat waste, fruits waste, flower waste, and such similar waste and biodegradable waste. (2) Words and expressions used herein but not defined, but defined in the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the respective Acts. 4. Solid Waste Management.— The solid waste management by local authorities, in their respective jurisdiction, shall inter alia include environmentally sound management of solid waste such as dry waste, wet waste, special care waste, sanitary waste, horticultural waste as well as of sanitary landfill management and existing or legacy waste dumpsite remediation. Chapter II Environmentally sound management of solid waste 5. Duties of waste generator. — (1) Every waste generator shall,- (a) adopt measures to prevent or reduce environmental pollution caused by solid waste; (b) segregate and store the waste generated by them in four separate streams at source namely wet waste, dry waste, sanitary waste and special care waste; and handover segregated waste to authorised waste pickers or waste collectors as per the direction or notification by the local authorities from time to time; (c) wrap securely the used sanitary waste like diapers, sanitary pads etc., in the pouches provided by the manufacturers or brand owners of these products or in a suitable wrapping material as instructed by the local bodies or authorities and shall place the same in the sanitary waste bin separate from bins meant for dry waste or wet waste or special care waste; (d) store separately construction and demolition waste, as and when generated, in their own premises and shall dispose of as per the Environment (Construction and Demolition) Waste Management Rules, 2025; (e) store horticulture waste or garden waste generated from their premises or land separately in their own premises and dispose of as per the directions of local bodies authorities from time to time; (f) not throw, burn or bury the solid waste generated by them, on streets, open public spaces outside his premises or dispose in the drain or water bodies; (g) Every street vendor shall keep suitable containers for storage of waste generated during the course of his activity such as food waste, disposable plates, cups, cans, wrappers, coconut shells, leftover food, vegetables, fruits, etc., and shall deposit such waste at waste storage depot or container or vehicle as notified by the local body; (h) pay such user fee for solid waste management, as specified in the bye-laws of the local bodies; (i) keep suitable containers for storage of segregated solid waste viz. wet waste, dry waste, special care waste and sanitary waste segregated waste to authorised waste collectors or through waste collection vehicles as notified by the local body; (j) not organise an event or gathering of more than one hundred persons at any unlicensed place without intimating the local body, at least three working days in advance; and such person or the organiser of such event shall ensure segregation of waste at source and handing over of segregated waste to waste collector or agency as specified by the local body and the waste generated shall be disposed of in the manner prescribed under these rules. (k) shall not mix biomedical waste covered under Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016 with solid waste, provided it is identified as an occupier under Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016. (2) All gated communities and institutions with more than 5,000 sq.m. area and all resident welfare associations, market associations, hotels, restaurants, shall, within one year from the date of notification of these rules in the Official Gazette and in partnership with the local body, ensure segregation of waste at source by the generators as prescribed in these rules, facilitate collection of segregated waste in separate streams, handover recyclable material to either the authorised waste pickers or the authorised recyclers. The bio-degradable waste shall be processed, treated and disposed of through composting or bio-methanation within the premises as far as possible. The residual waste shall be given to the waste collectors or agency as directed by the local body. 6. Duties of bulk waste generator.— Every bulk waste generator shall,- (a) register themselves with the concerned local body through the centralised online portal. The certificate of registration shall specify conditions required to be fulfilled for registration to remain valid. Any change in the information provided during registration and the conditions specified in the registration shall be notified to the local body; (b) make necessary arrangements for collecting and handing over of dry waste, sanitary waste, special care waste, to the local body or agency authorised by it; (c) make necessary arrangements to collect and process wet waste or horticulture waste if applicable, generated by them, in a decentralised manner through composting or biomethanation or any other approved technology; (d) set up and operate wet waste processing facility of adequate capacity, including for horticulture waste to ensure processing of complete wet waste generated by them, in case of all new bulk waste generators. In case of existing bulk waste generators, who are not able to set up and operate decentralised wet waste processing, they shall get the exemption from the local body, and such bulk waste generators shall procure Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificates from local body concerned for processing of wet waste equivalent to complete wet waste generated by them; (e) fulfill Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility for (i) processing of wet waste and (ii) ensure environmentally sound management of collected dry waste, special care waste, sanitary waste. The calculation for Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility obligation for total solid waste generated by bulk waste generator shall be estimated based upon norms issued by Central Pollution Control Board in consultation with Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation from time to time; (f) procure Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility Certificates from local body for undertaking environmentally sound management by collection and transportation of dry waste, special care waste, sanitary waste and wet waste, in case wet waste is not processed by bulk waste generator, and by sending to registered waste processing facility for further processing and treatment of waste; (g) not engage with any entity not having registration mandated under these rules; (h) submit annual returns by 30th June every year on the centralised online portal in respect of the Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility obligation including procurement of Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificate for total calculated solid waste generated by them and the annual returns shall be submitted to local bodies for further processing and same shall be made available in public domain on the website of local body on a yearly basis; (i) give the residual solid waste generated or inerts during waste processing in case of decentralised waste processing facilities to authorised waste collectors or an agency authorised by local body or local body; (j) in case of construction of new units, promptly clean up and move away the solid waste generated by them and left during the course of construction, and have it managed in compliance with these rules; (k) ensure that solid waste is not littered during the transportation and the solid waste generated during journey and at bus stations and railway station is managed as per the provisions of these rules, in case of entities engaged in public transport including roadways and railways; (l) in accordance with the relevant rules, develop and operate facilities for collecting and processing or disposal of various category of solid waste in case of entities engaged in construction projects including development and redevelopment of residential, institutional areas, community facilities, infrastructure such as roads, transmission lines or engaged in the operation and management of public facilities including such as airports, bus stops or railway stations, shopping malls; (m) not mix biomedical waste covered under Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 with solid waste provided it is identified as an occupier under Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016. In such cases, the Biomedical Waste Generator shall provide information, while filing annual returns, on the quantity of biomedical waste generated and handed over to authorised Bio-medical Waste Treatment and Disposal Facility entities for collection, treatment or disposal under Bio-medical Waste Management Rule 2016. 7. Duties of operator of solid waste processing facilities.-The operator of every waste processing facilities shall,- (a) register with the local body through the centralised online portal in case of wet waste, dry waste, sanitary waste, special care waste, horticulture waste processing facilities including Waste to energy, Compressed Bio-Gas plant, composting, incinerators, common biomedical waste facilities; (b) ensure that treatment standards are such that no harm is caused to human health or environment, and shall meet the standards as laid down in Schedule II and Schedule III; (c) file quarterly returns by 15th of the first month of the next quarter and annual returns by 30th June every year to the concerned local body in Form III, and the local body shall validate the returns filed before further onward processing, in respect of the quantity or volume of wet waste, dry waste, special care waste, sanitary waste, horticulture waste received for processing, as applicable; quantity of solid waste processed; details of non recyclable and non-energy recoverable dry waste and inerts sent to sanitary or operational landfills; availability, quality and sale or use of organic manure or compost produced from processing of wet waste and horticulture waste; and other relevant details. Such data shall also be made available in the public domain and published on the website; (d) give the residual solid waste or inerts generated during waste processing to authorised waste collectors or an agency authorised by local body or local body ; (e) design and set up the facility as per the technical guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard from time to time and the manual on solid waste management prepared by Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs or Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS); (f) obtain authorization under the rules by making an application Form I through local body for setting and operation of waste processing units from the State Pollution Control Board,; (g) be responsible for the safe and environmentally sound operations of the solid waste processing facilities as per the standards prescribed in the rules and following the guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs or Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), from time to time; (i) register all biomethanation or Compressed Biogas or biogas plants on the GOBARDHAN portal and link to centralised online portal; (j) not deal with any other waste processing facility not having registration mandated under these rules; (k) ensure engagement of trained manpower for operation of waste processing facilities; 8. Duties of the local body involved in collection, segregation and transportation of solid waste.— Every local body or the concessionaire or third party authorised by local body involved in collection, segregation and transportation of solid waste,- (a) shall register themselves on the centralised online portal; (b) shall ensure that the collection, segregation, transportation and processing of solid waste is done in an environmentally sound manner, in accordance with the guidelines issued by Central Pollution Control Board and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs or Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS); (c) shall be responsible for handing over the collected solid waste to the registered waste processing facility; (d) shall generate Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificates for procurement by bulk waste generators as per scheme given in sub-rule 38 of Rule 39 of these rules , in accordance with the guidelines laid down by Central Pollution Control Board in this regard; (e) shall generate the Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificates against the wet waste and horticulture waste only after the registered and authorised wet waste treatment or processing or recycling facilities to whom the wet waste is given for processing or treatment submits report providing details regarding quantity of wet waste or horticulture waste received and processed, on the centralised online portal; (f) shall ensure transportation of wet waste to registered wet waste processing facility, dry waste to registered Material Recovery Facility or processing facility, sanitary waste and special care waste to registered recycler or processor or incinerator or common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility or Secondary storage points or transfer stations; (g) shall file quarterly by 15th of the first month of the next quarter and annual returns by 30th June every year to the concerned local body and the local body shall validate the return filed before onward processing, in respect of the quantity or volume of wet waste, dry waste, special care waste, sanitary waste received from the waste generator or bulk waste generator; details of each of the waste generator or bulk waste generator from whom the wet waste, dry waste, special category waste, sanitary waste, horticulture waste is collected; details of registered or authorised waste treatment or processing or recycling facilities to whom the wet waste, dry waste, special care waste, sanitary waste, horticulture waste is given for processing; and other relevant details. Such data shall also made available in the public domain and published on the website; (h) shall be responsible for taking the following measures,- (i) discharging its duties in accordance with the manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management by Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the guidelines of Central Pollution Control Board and Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) as amended from time to time; (ii) taking measures to prevent scattering, running off and spilling of solid waste, or other measures to prevent pollution of the environment; (iii) ensuring that the collection of solid waste from waste generators is carried out at regular intervals; (iv) ensuring that the vehicles used for the collection and transportation of solid waste are equipped with appropriate size and capacity to provide separate compartments for wet waste and dry waste and provide necessary arrangements for separate collection of sanitary waste, special care waste, and horticultural or agricultural waste; (v) ensuring that no intermixing of waste streams during collection & transportation occurs during transportation; (vi) ensuring that waste stream remains segregated until it reaches the designated waste processing facility; (vii) ensuring that the person involved in the collection & transportation are provided with appropriate Personal protective equipment and are trained properly; (viii)ensure that the concessionaire or third party authorised by local body for undertaking solid waste management, shall register with the local body through centralised online portal and follows the guidelines issued by Central Pollution Control Board and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and adheres to the standard prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board (ix) ensuring that the fleet engaged in collection and transportation are equipped with tracking devices for cities having population more than 50,000. Depending on requirement, same may be extended to local bodies having population less than 50,000 also. 9. Duties of the entity involved in sorting of recyclable or non-recyclable waste at Material Recovery Facility.— (1) Each entity involved in sorting of waste, into recyclable or non-recyclable waste, preferably from dry waste shall be registered with the local body. (2) It shall be the responsibility of the entity to,- (a) ensure that a facility operates in accordance with the guidelines prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; (b) ensure that hazardous waste generated from any activity of the entity is managed as per the provisions under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016. (3) The sorted recyclable or non-recyclable waste shall be channelized to the registered waste processing entities or recycling entities. (4) The entity shall report to the concerned local body through the online portal regarding the quantity of solid waste received, quantity of solid waste sorted and channelized to registered waste processors or sanitary landfills on a quarterly basis by 15th of first month of next quarter. (5) Facility or entity shall not deal with any other entity not having registration mandated under these rules. (6) Ensure engagement of trained personnel for operation of Material Recovery Facility. (7) The registered material recovery facilities may provide the following services, where possible, for channelization of waste for waste processing especially in those waste streams where extended producer responsibility has mandated under separate rules notified under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986,- (i) act as an uptake point for plastic waste processors or waste processors of other waste such as e-waste or producers, importers and brand owners or obligated entities mandated to fulfil extended producer responsibility under separate rules notified under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; (ii) act as a deposition centre for e-waste, special care waste, sanitary waste or other waste for which separate rules have been notified under Environment Protection Act, for further channelization of wastes towards processing; (iii) act as drop off centres or deposition centres to promote circularity in waste following principle i.e. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (8) The local body shall determine the cost of service provided by the Material Recovery Facility and also the cost of the collected waste as mentioned in sub-rule (7) above, following due procedure of the local body. 10. Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility Certificate for processing of waste.— (1) Only local body is mandated to generate Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificate on centralised online portal for fulfilment of Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility obligation of bulk waste generator as per scheme given in sub-rule (38) of Rule 39. (2) The local body shall register themselves on the centralised online portal prior to generation of Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificates for solid waste collected from bulk waste generator and handed over to the registered waste processing facilities or recyclers. (3) The following formula shall be used to estimate the Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificates: Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificates (kilograms) = Quantity of solid waste collected, transported and sent to registered processors or recyclers by local body (kgs) (4) Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificates generated against the wet waste shall be generated by the local body only after the corresponding registered wet waste treatment or processing facilities to whom the waste was handed over submits report providing details of quantity of wet waste received and processed, on the centralised online portal. (5) All such transactions shall be recorded and submitted by local body or the registered third party or the concessionaire on the centralised online portal at the time of filing annual returns. (6) Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificates generated by the local body in a particular year shall be valid for meeting the obligations of bulk waste generators for a period of three years. (7) The cost of the Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificate to be charged by the local body shall be finalized as per guidelines issued by Central Pollution Control Board in consultation with Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS). (8) Local body shall collect the cost of Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificates from bulk waste generators for fulfillment of their Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility obligations. (9) The cost charged by local body for Extended Bulk Waste Generator Responsibility certificate shall be shared with the concerned concessionaire or the third party authorised by the local body as well as with the State Pollution Control Board and could be used by local body towards development and maintenance of solid waste collection, transportation, processing infrastructure, or audit of concessionaire or the third party by State Pollution Control Board in accordance with the guidelines issued by Central Pollution Control Board in this regard. (10) In case of non-compliance by the obligated entity, environmental compensation shall be levied. 11. Duties of the industrial units and waste to energy plants located within specified distance from refuse- derived fuel plants based on solid waste.— (1) The industrial units utilizing solid fuel shall use Refuse-Derived Fuel or Segregated Combustible Fraction or agri-residue, as the case may be, as per the table given below. The industrial units using solid fuel and located within specified distance from a solid waste based refuse-derived fuel plant shall make arrangements to replace their solid fuel requirement with combustible fraction produced from solid waste conforming with standards prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board. TABLE +-------+---------------------------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+---------------------------+ | S. No.| Combustible Fraction of | Calorific value| Intended use | Specified distance| Fuel Substitution Schedule| | | solid waste | | | | | +-------+---------------------------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+---------------------------+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | +=======+=================================+================+==============+===================+===========================+ | 1 | Segregated Combustible Fraction | > 1500 Kcal / | Waste to | 100 km | • At least six | | | or agri-residue | kg net | energy | | percent of fuel | | | | | plants or | | intake from the | | | | | industries | | date rules | | | | | with boilers | | come into effect | | | | | of heating | | • At least ten | | | | | requirements | | percent of fuel | | | | | | | intake after | | | | | | | three years | | | | | | | from the date | | | | | | | rules come | | | | | | | into effect | | | | | | | • At least fifteen | | | | | | | percent of fuel | | | | | | | intake after six | | | | | | | years from the | | | | | | | date rules | | | | | | | come into effect | +-------+---------------------------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+---------------------------+ | 2 | Refuse-Derived Fuel Grade I | > 4500 Kcal / | For direct | 400 km | | | | | kg net | co-processing| | | | | | | in cement | | | | | | | kilns | | | +-------+---------------------------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+---------------------------+ | 3 | Refuse-Derived Fuel Grade II | 3750 to 4500 | For direct | 400 km | | | | | Kcal / kg net | co-processing| | | | | | | in cement | | | | | | | kilns | | | +-------+---------------------------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+---------------------------+ | 4 | Refuse-Derived Fuel Grade III | 3000 to 3750 | For | 400 km | | | | | Kcal / kg net | co-processing| | | | | | | directly or | | | | | | | after | | | | | | | processing | | | | | | | with other | | | | | | | waste | | | | | | | materials in | | | | | | | cement kilns | | | +-------+---------------------------------+----------------+--------------+-------------------+---------------------------+ (2) All such industrial units shall register with the concerned State Pollution Control Board and shall file annual returns on use of Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) or Segregated Combustible Fraction (SCF) or agri residue through centralised online portal by 30th June every year. (3) All Refuse-Derived Fuel plants and Material Recovery Facility cum Refuse-Derived Fuel plants shall register and report availability of Refuse-Derived Fuel along with quality report of the available Refuse-Derived Fuel or Segregated Combustible Fraction as per guidelines issued by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, on the centralised online portal on a monthly basis. (4) Refuse-Derived Fuel plants to report real time on the availability and off take of Refuse-Derived Fuel through centralised online portal. (5) Refuse-Derived Fuel or Segregated Combustible Fraction plants supplying waste to WtE Plants to ensure that the calorific value is at least 1500 Kcal/kg. (6) Refuse-Derived Fuel or Segregated Combustible Fraction plants supplying waste to Cement Plants to ensure that the calorific value is 3000 Kcal/kg. 12. Criteria and actions to be taken for solid waste management in hilly and island areas.— In the hilly areas and island areas, the duties and responsibilities of the local authorities shall be as under,- (i) may levy and collect fee from visitors or tourists (not permanent residents in the municipal limits) for handling and management of solid waste and may also take measures to regulate the number of visitors in accordance with the waste handling capacity of the local authority; (ii) construction of landfill on hilly and island areas shall be avoided. A transfer station at a suitable enclosed location shall be setup to collect residual waste from the processing facility and inert waste. A suitable land shall be identified in the plain areas down the hill , within 25 kilometers for setting up sanitary landfill. The residual waste from the transfer station shall be disposed of at this sanitary landfill; (iii) in case of non-availability of such land, efforts shall be made to set up regional sanitary landfill for the inert and residual waste; (iv) local body shall frame bye-laws and prohibit citizens from littering solid waste on the streets and give directions to the tourists not to dispose any waste such as paper, water bottles, liquor bottles, beverage containers including soft drink bottles, cans, tetra packs, any other plastic or paper waste in the hilly areas or down the hills and instead direct to deposit such solid waste in litter bins that shall be placed by the local body at all tourist destinations; (v) local body shall arrange to convey the provisions of solid waste management under the bye-laws to all tourists visiting the hilly and island areas at the entry point in the town as well as through the hotels, guest houses where they reside and by putting suitable hoardings at tourist destinations ; (vi) local body may levy solid waste management charge from the tourist at the entry point to make the solid waste management services sustainable; (vii) the department in- charge of the allocation of land assignment shall identify and allot suitable space on the hills and islands for setting up decentralised waste processing facilities. Local body shall set up such facilities. Step garden system may be adopted for optimum utilisation of hill space; (viii) villages on Islands shall have designated waste collection points where segregated non biodegradable waste is temporarily stored before transportation for further processing, as per the guidelines issued by the State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee; (ix) fishermen, boat operators, and tourism operators in coastal areas on islands shall manage solid waste generated in responsible manner by handing over the waste to local body or agency authorised by local body or depositing at designated collection points and shall not litter the waste on coast or at sea; (x) decentralised processing of waste by hotels and restaurants to be encouraged as per site specific requirements, as per guidelines developed by concerned State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee. 13. Criteria for waste to energy process.-—(1) Non-recyclable waste having calorific value of 1500 Kcal/kg or more shall not be disposed of on landfills and shall only be utilised for generating energy either or through refuse derived fuel or by giving away as feedstock for preparing refuse derived fuel as per standards prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board. (2) High calorific waste covered in sub-rule (1) of rule 11 shall be used for co-processing in cement or thermal power plants or waste to electricity plants or by other industries approved by Central Pollution Control Board. Such units for continued operation need to adhere to the environmental standards prescribed in the rules. (3) The local body or an operator of facility designated by the local body proposing to set up waste to energy plant which has calorific value of 1500 Kcal per kg or more shall submit an application in Form I to the State Pollution Control Board, as the case may be, for authorization under the rules. The State Pollution Control Board, on receiving such application for setting up of waste to energy facility, shall examine the same and grant permission within sixty days. (4) Establishment, operation and maintenance of waste to energy facilities shall be authorised by concerned State Pollution Control Board, in accordance with the guidelines issued by Central Pollution Control Board in this regard. Chapter III Sanitary landfills 14. Establishment, Operation and Maintenance of Sanitary Landfill.— (1) Urban Development Department or the Department in charge of Municipal Administration or Local Self Government, as well as Rural Development Department or the Department in charge of solid waste management in rural areas of State Government or Union territory administration or the Panchayati Raj Department shall identify land for the establishment of Sanitary Landfill, in accordance with regional or cluster approach as per State Solid Waste Management Policy and Strategy in urban areas as well as rural areas. (2) The department in- charge of the allocation of land assignment at district level shall be responsible for making available the land parcel to the concessionaire or third party identified by State Government or Union territory administration Urban Development Department or the Department in charge of solid waste management in rural areas in the concerned urban local body or the rural local body under whose jurisdiction the land parcel is present. (3) The concerned local body shall identify eligible agencies for establishment, construction, operation and maintenance of Sanitary Landfill as per Schedule II following time line prescribed in Schedule I; (4) Only non-usable, non-recyclable, non-biodegradable dry waste, non-combustible, non-energy recoverable dry waste, non-reactive inert waste, pre-processing rejects and residues from waste processing facilities, residual waste and inerts shall be disposed of in the sanitary landfill. No wet waste or construction and demolition waste shall be disposed in the sanitary landfill: Provided that the concerned department shall determine and notify Sanitary Landfill user fee, on weight basis, on the concerned urban local body or rural local body or the third party or concessionaire engaged by urban or rural local body, on the quantum of unsegregated waste or recyclable or energy recoverable waste or unprocessed wet waste or construction