Lok Sabha Question No. 1514 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-26
Subject: Solid Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: DUSHYANT SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1514 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2016

## Solid Waste

## 1514.   SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

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

- (a) the details of various types of solid wastes being generated in the country, annually;
- (b) whether the Government has revised the Solid Waste management Rules and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether Government is also targeting the integration of ragpickers from the informal sector into formal sector;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  scientific  Municipal  Solid  Waste  Disposal  Mechanisms  that  are being practiced / proposed in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) The types of solid waste generated in the country include wet waste (bio-degradable) such  as  vegetable  waste,  food  waste;  dry  waste  (recyclable)  such  as  paper,  plastic,  glass, metal, inert and debris. As per report of the Central Pollution Control Board 2014-15,  51.4 Million Tones of solid waste was generated during the previous years in the Municipal limits in the country. In general, the composition of solid waste varies with 45-50 % of wet waste, 20-25 % dry waste and about 30-35% inert and debris.
- (b) Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  has  comprehensively  revised and notified Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules in April, 2016 in supersession of the Municipal Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000. These rules make it mandatory for the local authorities and Panchayats  to arrange door to door collection of segregated solid waste; integrate rag pickers / informal waste collectors in solid waste management, prescribe user  fee;  levy  fine  for  littering  of  waste;  setup  material  recovery  facilities  or  secondary storage  facilities  and  provide  easy  access  to  waste  pickers  and  recyclers  for  collection  of segregated recyclable waste; establish waste deposition centre/s for domestic hazardous waste and ensure safe storage and transportation of the domestic hazardous waste to the hazardous waste disposal facility; transport segregated bio-degradable waste  to the processing facilities like compost plant, bio-methanation plant or any such facility; phase out the use of chemical fertilizer  and  use  compost  in  all  parks,  gardens  maintained  by  local  authority;  facilitate construction,  operation  and  maintenance  of  solid  waste  processing  facilities.  The  rules

promote compost marketing, waste to energy plants and utilization of refuse derived fuel & energy generated from waste. As per these rules, the bulk generators of waste like State and Central government organizations, railways,  airports, ports, defence establishments, special economic zones, important places of pilgrimage, religious & historical importance, hotels & restaurants  and  gated  communities  with  built  up  area  of  five  thousand  square  meters  and above, in partnership with the local authority should ensure segregation  of waste at source and channelize dry waste like paper, plastic, glass, metal etc. for recycling & reuse and utilize wet wastes from kitchen for composting or for bio-methanation.

(c)  &  (d)  The  SWM  Rules,  2016  prescribe  registration  of  waste  pickers  (ragpickers  and kabadiwalas) and waste dealers by the local bodies, and involvement of waste pickers, self help  groups  engaged  in  waste  management  for  door  to  door  collection  of  waste  and segregation  of  recyclable  waste  such  as  paper,  plastic,  metal  and  glass  from  the  source  of generation or from material recovery facilities.

(e) The  prevalent  scientific  methods  of  solid  waste  disposal  in  the  country  include composting,  vermi-composting,  bio-methanation  from  biodegradable  wastes  and  waste  to energy & refused derived fuel for combustible fraction of waste.

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