Lok Sabha Question No. 2874 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: Waste Disposal System
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Gyaneshwar Patil, Nayab Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2874

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2023

## Waste Disposal System

2874. SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL: SHRI NAYAB SINGH:

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

- (a) the  plan  and  policies  of  the  Government  to  manage  waste  disposal  system  in  each district of the country to reduce carbon emissions in small cities;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any research and development in the field of sustainable waste disposal system near waste landfill areas to improve cleanliness and reduce toxic gases in the area;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if  not,  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  and  the  policy  formulated  for  revival  of landfill in each city in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, provide the statutory framework for  management  of  solid  waste  in  the  country.  As  per  the  Rules,  the  local  authorities  and village panchayats are responsible for solid waste management. The Central Government has launched  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  Urban  2.0  (SBM-U  2.0)  in  October  2021  with  overall vision of creating "Garbage Free Cities", to be executed over five years, which would involve achieving the target that all Urban Local Bodies will become at least 3-star certified (as per Star Rating Protocol for Garbage Free Cities), with at least 80% wards covered with door to door  collection,  60%  source  segregation  practised  in  each  ward,  and  at  least  80%  of municipal  solid  waste  being  scientifically  processed.  Under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  Grameen  Phase  II,  Department  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  has  issued  operational guidelines  to  the  States  and  Union  Territories  which  include  solid  waste  management activities at the village level.

The  Schedule  I  of  the  Solid  Waste  Management  Rules,  2016,  provides  specification  for sanitary landfills, which includes criteria for (i) site selection, (ii) development of facilities at the sanitary landfill, (iii) criteria for pollution prevention including leachate management, (iv) air and water quality monitoring including landfill gas control system to minimize odour and prevent off-site migration of gases , and (v) operation of landfill and closure on completion of landfilling. The Criteria for closure of and rehabilitation of old waste dumps have also been prescribed under the Rules. Central Pollution Control Board has also issued guidelines for Disposal  of  Legacy  Waste  (Old  Municipal  Solid  Waste).  Directions  under  Section  5  of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, have been issued to all State Pollution Control Boards / Pollution  Control  Committees  for  enforcement  of  provisions  of  Solid  Waste  Management Rules, 2016, regarding biomining of legacy waste.

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