Lok Sabha Question No. 2002 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Disposal of Single-use Plastic
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Soni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2002

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2021

## Disposal of Single-use Plastic

## 2002. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any action plan for disposal and use of single-use plastic in other projects under the Swachh Bharat Mission;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has formulated any action plan for waste management at dumping sites, particularly in urban areas of Chhattisgarh; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (e): The Government of India launched Swachh Bharat Mission- Urban (SBM-U) on 2 nd October,  2014to  supplement  the  efforts  of  the  State  Governments  /  Union  Territories  and Urban  Local  Bodies  in  managing  municipal  solid  waste.  Under  SBM-U,  Additional  Central Assistance  (ACA)  of  35  %  is  provided  as  per  guidelines,  to  supplement  the  efforts  of States/Urban Local Bodies.

Under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0, having focus on complete faecal sludge management and  waste  water  treatment,  source  segregation  of  garbage,  reduction  in  single-use  plastic, reduction  in  air  pollution  by  effectively  managing  waste  from  construction-and-demolition activities and bio-remediation of all legacy waste dump sites, a total financial allocation of Rs. 1,41,678 crores over a period of 5 years (2021-2026) has been made.

The Ministry has notified the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and its amendments, for  providing  statutory  frameworkto  management  of  solid  waste  in  the  country.  The  Rules mandate  the  waste  generators  to  segregate  the  waste  at  source  and  hand  over  the  segregated waste to authorized waste pickers or waste collectors. As per the Rules, the local authorities and village panchayats of census towns and urban agglomerations, shall allow only the non-usable, non-recyclable,  non-biodegradable,  non-combustible  and  non-reactive  inert  waste  and  pre- processing  rejects  and  residues  from  waste  processing  facilities  are  allowed  to  go  to  sanitary landfill sites. The rules further stipulate that every effort shall be made to recycle or reuse the rejects to achieve the desired objective of zero waste going to landfill.

The  Solid  Waste  Management  Rules  provides  specification for sanitary landfills including criteria for site selection, development of facilities, pollution prevention, water and air quality monitoring etc. The  Central Pollution Control Board  has issued guidelines for maintaining  buffer  zones  restricting  any  residential,  commercial  or  any  other  construction activity from the outer boundary of the waste processing and disposal facilities. Further, Central Pollution Control has also issued guidelines for Disposal of Legacy Waste (Old Municipal Solid Waste).  Directions  under  Section  5  of  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  for  enforcement  of provisions of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 regarding bio mining of legacy waste to all State  Pollution  Control  Boards  /  Pollution  Control  Committees.  As  per  available  information Chhattisgarh State has 169 dumpsites, in which 161 Dumpsites are cleared while remaining have started bio mining process and are expected to be cleared by 31.3.2023.

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