Lok Sabha Question No. 1921 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: Management of Waste Products
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Saikia Dilip

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †1921 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2019

## Management of Waste Products

## 1921.   SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that health related problems are increasing in the country  due  to  the  pollution  caused  by  the  indiscriminate  dumping  of  waste products/trash along the roads;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the action plan formulated by the Government  for  proper  disposal of waste products/trash in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) and (b) In order to ensure proper management of solid waste and prevent indiscriminate dumping of waste in the country, the Ministry  has notified the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules 2016.  Such waste if not managed in an environmentally sound manner as prescribed by the SWM Rules 2016 may cause adverse effect on human health and the environment. As per the report of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) on implementation of SWMRules 2016, it is estimated that approximately 95% of the urban wards  in  the  country  are  now  practicing  'Door  to  door  collection'  and  72%  of  the  urban wards are practicing 'Source segregation'.Once segregated and sorted, the waste is processed in  waste  treatment  plants  thereby  reducing  the  quantum  of  waste  going  to  engineered landfills. Out of the total waste generation of approximately 1.5 lakh tonne/day, processing of waste  has  increased  from  18%  in  2015-16  to  58%  in  October,  2019.Further,  there  is  no conclusive  evidence  to  establish a direct correlation  betweenincreasing  health  related problems and dumping of waste.

- (c)  In  order to  ensure  environmentally sound management of various types of waste in the country, the Government in 2016 has comprehensively revised all waste management rules and  has  notified  six  waste  management  rules  for  the  management  of  Solid  waste,  Plastic waste, Construction and Demolition waste, e-waste, Bio-medical waste, Hazardous and Other waste.

The SWM Rules 2016, apart from prescribing norms for proper disposal of waste also direct that no waste generator shall throw, burn or bury the solid waste generated by him/her, on  streets,  in  open  public  spaces  outside  his/her  premises  or  in  the  drain  or  in  the  water bodies. Further, the Rules mandate the waste generators to segregate the waste at source and hand over the segregated waste to the authorised waste pickers or waste collectors. The Rules further  mandate  the  urban  local  bodies  to  frame  their  own  Bye-laws  incorporating  the provisions of SWM Rules, 2016 to ensure implementation of the Rules.

The Government is also supporting the efforts of State Governments in establishing infrastructure  related  to  proper  implementation  of  solid  waste  management  in  the  States. MoHUA is implementing the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) project under which various projects have been taken up. Under this programme, during the mission period from2014-15 to  2019-20,  an  allocation  of  Rs.  7424.24  Cr  has  been  made  for  solid  waste  management projects.

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