Lok Sabha Question No. 2840 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-03
Subject: Implementation of Waste Regulations
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2840

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2018

## Implementation of Waste Regulations

## 2840. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  create  an  adequate  funding  mechanism  for implementing waste regulations and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has hosted State Environment Ministers Conference recently and if so, the details and outcomes thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has initiated a Consistent Monitoring Mechanism to address the issue of Waste Management and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the steps taken to create wealth out of waste, which results in reduced dependency on virgin  natural  resources,  relieves  land  requirement  for  landfill  and  reduces  landfill burden;
- (e) the steps taken for the implementation of six waste management rules in the country; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  has  directed  States/UTs  to  prepare  a  State  policy  for  the same and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) The Ministry in supersession of Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000, has notified the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. However, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has overall mandate to take periodic review of the measures taken by the states and local bodies for improving their solid waste management practices. MoHUA is implementing the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) project under which various  projects  have  been  taken  up.  Under  this  programme  during  the  mission  period  of 2014-15  to  2019-20,  an  allocation  of  Rs.  7424.24  Cr  has  been  made  for  Solid  Waste Management Projects.

(b) A State Environment Ministers Conference was organized on 4 th June, 2018 and the conference took the following resolution (i) to undertake capacity building programme for the ULBs,  SPCBs,  other stakeholders, (ii) to promote  innovative technologies in waste management sector, (iii) to convene meeting with Chief Secretaries of States/UTs to monitor the implementation of the rules (iv) to take efforts to reduce the use of single use plastic in

India  (v)  adoption  of  Green  Good  Deeds  for  better  waste  management,  (vi)  to  develop  a mechanism to document success stories in waste management.

(c)  to (f) The  Government  has  comprehensively  revised  the  waste  management  rules and has notified Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2016, Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules, 2016, Bio-Medical Waste (BMW) Management Rules, 2016 Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, E-waste Management  Rules,  2016  and  Construction  and  Demolition  (C&D)  Waste  Management Rules, 2016 for sound management of various types of wastes in the country.

The revised waste management rules provide scope for development of business model while recovering the useful material from the waste. The SWM Rules prescribe to setup material recovery facilities, the PWM Rules and e-waste Rulesprescribe the producers, importers and brand owners to work out modalities for waste collection system based on the principle of Extended  Producer  Responsibility,  C&D  Rules  prescribe  the  mandatory  procurement  of material (10-20 %) in municipal and government contracts.

The  rules  also  mandate  the  Ministry  and  the  State  Governments  to  constitute  monitoring committees  at  various  levels  to  monitor  the  implementation  of  the  rules.  Ministry  has constituted  committees  in  all  the  06  waste  management  Rules  in  compliance  with  the provisions and convened regular meetings. The Ministry also issued directions to all the State Governments/UTs to prepare the State Policy for proper implementation of waste management Rules.

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