Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016
Q. Which of the following is/are true regarding Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016?
1) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change shall be responsible for overall monitoring the implementation of these rules in the country.
2) Local authorities and village Panchayats of census towns and urban agglomerations will provide training on solid waste management to waste-pickers and waste collectors.- Published on 07 Apr 16a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER: Both 1 and 2
Duties and Responsibilities of local authorities and village Panchayats of census towns and urban agglomerations.
- The local authorities and Panchayats shallprepare a solid waste management plan as per State Policy within six months
- arrange for door to door collection of segregated solid waste;integrate rag pickers / informal waste collectors in solid waste management
- direct waste generators not to litter and to segregate the waste at source and hand over the segregated waste to authorized waste pickers the waste collector authorized by the local authority;
- 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 or as may be directed by the state pollution control board/ committee;
- provide training on solid waste management to waste-pickers and waste collectors;
- promote setting up of decentralized compost plant or bio-methanation plant at suitable locations in the markets or in the vicinity of markets ensuring hygienic conditions;
- collect horticulture, parks and garden waste separately and process in the parks and gardens, as far as possible;
- transport segregated bio-degradable waste to the processing facilities like compost plant, bio-methanation plant or any such facility. Preference should be given for on site processing of such waste;
- transport non-bio-degradable waste to the respective processing facility or material recovery facilities (MRF) or secondary storage facility;
- transport construction and demolition waste as per the provisions of Construction and Demolition Waste management Rules, 2016
- involve communities in waste management and promotion of home composting, bio-gas generation, decentralized processing of waste at community level subject to control of odour and maintenance of hygienic conditions around the facility
