Lok Sabha Question No. 3705 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: Minimising Waste Generation
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3705

TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 09, 2017

## MINIMISING WASTE GENERATION

No. 3705

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA: KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  with  country's  urban  population  growing  at  3  -  3.5  % annually,  the  urban  waste  generated  by  cities  is  expected  to
- increase by 5% every year;
- (b)  whether  to  minimise  use,  the  Government  plans  to  impose  a Landfill Tax, build sanitary landfills for disposing of residual waste so that there is less pollution in cities and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  it  is  the  responsibility  of  ULBs  to  ensure  compliance with  segregation  of  waste  at  source,  as  per  the  Solid  Waste
- Management Rules, 2016;
- (d)  if  so,  whether  to  minimise  waste  generation  and  to  ensure segregation,  the  Government  also  plans  a  User  Fee  and  Penalties
- for non-compliance and littering and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  plans  any  Policy  for  informal  waste recycling  sector  in  cities,  i.e.  Ragpickers/Waste  Buyers  and  if  so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  HOUSING  AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a)  Yes, Madam.
- (b)    The  residual  waste,  if  any,  after  treatment,  recycling  and processing, should go to Secured Landfill as Solid  Waste Management,  Rule  2016.  However,  the  user  fee  /  charges  for Solid  Waste  Management  (SWM)  is  the  subject  matter  of  ULBs and  States.  Ministry  has  not  proposed  anything  called  'Landfill Tax'.
- (c)  Yes, Madam.
- (d) Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) has the target to provide door to  door  collection  of  Municipal  Solid  Waste  in  all  the  statutory Cities / Towns across the Country. Ministry has published 'Draft Model Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling), Cleanliness and Sanitation Rules / Bye-Laws' for the guidance of ULBs / States for sustainable SWM including levy of user fee and penalties  for  non-compliance  and  littering.  It  is  for  the  ULBs  & States to implement such Byelaws / Rules.
- (e)  As per Solid Waste Management Rule 2016, it is the duty and responsibility  of  local  authorities  to  'setup  material  recovery facilities or secondary storage facilities with sufficient space for sorting of recyclable materials to enable informal or authorised waste pickers and waste collectors to separate recyclables from the  waste  and  provide  easy  access  to  waste  pickers  and recyclers for collection of segregated recyclable waste such as paper, plastic, metal, glass, textile from the source of generation or  from  material  recovery  facilities'.  Under  Swachh  Bharat Mission  -  Urban,  a  guide  titled  'An  Inclusive  Swachh  Bharat through  the  integration  of  the  Informal  Sector:  A  Step  by  Step Guide'  has  been  published  to  help  ULBs  &  States  to  integrate informal waste pickers.

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