Solid Waste Management Rules – 2016

5 April 2016 Solid Waste Management Rules - 2016 notified by the Ministry of Forest Environment and Climate Change, Government of India. These new rules replaced the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Settlement) Rules notified in the year 2000. These rules also apply outside the municipal areas. These rules now include census towns notified industrial townships, areas controlled by Indian Railways, airports, air bases, ports, defense establishments, special economic zones, organizations of central and state governments, pilgrimage sites and places of religious and historical importance are also included.
Under these rules :-

1. No person shall throw, burn, or bury self-generated solid waste outside of their premises, on roads, public places, or in drainage, or water areas.
2. Solid waste generators will have to pay 'service fee'.
3. Concrete waste generated from construction and demolition will have to be disposed of separately after collection according to the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016.
4. The used hygienic waste such as diapers and hygienic pads etc. shall be disposed of separately to the collector.

Citizen's suggestion are invited on jharkhand.mygov.in to make "Solid Waste Management Rules - 2016" successful.