MSW Rules

THE SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT RULES,
2016
(as amended to date)
The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 787
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th April, 2016
S.O. 1357(E).—Whereas the draft of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2015 were
published under the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change number G.S.R. 451 (E), dated the 3 rd June, 2015 in the Gazette of India, part II,
Section3, sub- section (i) of the same date inviting objections or suggestions from the persons likely
to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of sixty days from the publication of the said
notification on the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2015 in supersession of the Municipal Solid
Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000;
And whereas, copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on the 3 rd June,
2015;
And whereas, the objections or comments received within the stipulated period were duly
considered by the Central Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3, 6 and 25 of the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) and in supersession of the Municipal Solid Waste (Management
and Handling) Rules, 2000, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such
supersession, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules for management of Solid
Waste, namely: -
1. Short title and commencement. –
(1) These rules may be called the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Application.- These rules shall apply to every urban local body, outgrowths in urban
agglomerations, census towns as declared by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of
India, 1[villages with population more than 3000,] notified areas, notified industrial townships, areas
under the control of Indian Railways, airports, airbases, Ports and harbours, defence establishments,
special economic zones, State and Central government organisations, places of pilgrims, religious
and historical importance as may be notified by respective State government from time to time and
to every domestic, institutional, commercial and any other non-residential solid waste generator
situated in the areas except industrial waste, hazardous waste, hazardous chemicals, bio medical
wastes, e-waste, lead acid batteries and radio-active waste, that are covered under separate rules
framed under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
3. Definitions – (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -
1. “aerobic composting” means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition

of organic matter in the presence of oxygen;
2. “anaerobic digestion" means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition
of organic matter in absence of oxygen;
3. "authorisation" means the permission given by the State Pollution Control Board or
Pollution Control Committee, as the case may be, to the operator of a facility or urban
local authority, or any other agency responsible for processing and disposal of solid
waste;
4. “biodegradable waste " means any organic material that can be degraded by micro-
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Ins. the words and figure vide S.O. 1152(E) dated 19th March, 2020
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organisms into simpler stable compounds;

5. "bio-methanation" means a process which entails enzymatic decomposition of the
organic matter by microbial action to produce methane rich biogas;
6. “brand owner” means a person or company who sells any commodity under a
registered brand label.
7. “buffer zone” means zone of no development to be maintained around solid waste
processing and disposal facility, exceeding 5 TPD of installed capacity. This will be
maintained within total land area allotted for the solid waste processing and disposal
facility.
8. “bulk waste generator” means and includes buildings occupied by the Central
government departments or undertakings, State government departments or
undertakings, local bodies, public sector undertakings or private companies, hospitals,
nursing homes, schools, colleges, universities, other educational institutions, hostels,
hotels, commercial establishments, markets, places of worship, stadia and sports
complexes having an average waste generation rate exceeding 100kg per day;
9. "bye-laws" means regulatory framework notified by local body, census town and
notified area townships for facilitating the implementation of these rules effectively in
their jurisdiction.
10. “census town” means an urban area as defined by the Registrar General and Census
Commissioner of India;
11. “combustible waste” means non-biodegradable, non-recyclable, non-reusable, non-
hazardous solid waste having minimum calorific value exceeding 1500 kcal/kg and
excluding chlorinated materials like plastic, wood pulp, etc;
12. "composting" means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition of
organic matter;
13. “contractor” means a person or firm that undertakes a contract to provide materials or
labour to perform a service or do a job for service providing authority;
14. “co-processing” means use of non-biodegradable and non recyclable solid waste
having calorific value exceeding 1500 kcal as raw material or as a source of energy or
both to replace or supplement the natural mineral resources and fossil fuels in industrial
processes;
15. “decentralised processing” means establishment of dispersed facilities for maximizing
the processing of bio-degradable waste and recovery of recyclables closest to the source
of generation so as to minimize transportation of waste for processing or disposal;
16. "disposal" means the final and safe disposal of post processed residual solid waste and
inert street sweepings and silt from surface drains on land as specified in Schedule I to
prevent contamination of ground water, surface water, ambient air and attraction of
animals or birds;
17. “domestic hazardous waste” means discarded paint drums, pesticide cans, CFL bulbs,
tube lights, expired medicines, broken mercury thermometers, used batteries, used
needles and syringes and contaminated gauge, etc., generated at the household level;
18. "door to door collection" means collection of solid waste from the door step of
households, shops, commercial establishments, offices, institutional or any other non
residential premises and includes collection of such waste from entry gate or a
designated location on the ground floor in a housing society, multi storied building or
apartments, large residential, commercial or institutional complex or premises;
19. “dry waste” means waste other than bio-degradable waste and inert street sweepings
and includes recyclable and non recyclable waste, combustible waste and sanitary
napkin and diapers, etc;
20. “dump sites” means a land utilised by local body for disposal of solid waste without
following the principles of sanitary land filling;
21. “extended producer responsibility” (EPR) means responsibility of any producer of
packaging products such as plastic, tin, glass and corrugated boxes, etc., for
environmentally sound management, till end-of-life of the packaging products;
22. “facility” means any establishment wherein the solid waste management processes
namely segregation, recovery, storage, collection, recycling, processing, treatment or
safe disposal are carried out;
23. "fine" means penalty imposed on waste generators or operators of waste processing
and disposal facilities under the bye-laws for non-compliance of the directions
contained in these rules and/or bye- laws
24. "Form" means a Form appended to these rules;
25. “handling” includes all activities relating to sorting, segregation, material recovery,
collection, secondary storage, shredding, baling, crushing, loading, unloading,
transportation, processing and disposal of solid wastes;
26. “inerts” means wastes which are not bio-degradable, recyclable or combustible street
sweeping or dust and silt removed from the surface drains;
27. “incineration” means an engineered process involving burning or combustion of solid
waste to thermally degrade waste materials at high temperatures;
28. “informal waste collector” includes individuals, associations or waste traders who are
involved in sorting, sale and purchase of recyclable materials;
29. "leachate" means the liquid that seeps through solid waste or other medium an d has
extracts of dissolved or suspended material from it;
30. " local body” for the purpose of these rules means and includes the municipal
corporation, nagar nigam, municipal council, nagarpalika, nagar Palika parishad,
municipal board, nagar panchayat and town panchayat, census towns, notified areas and
notified industrial townships with whatever name they are called in different States and
union territories in India;
31. “materials recovery facility” (MRF) means a facility where non-compostable solid
waste can be temporarily stored by the local body or any other entity mentioned in rule
2 or any person or agency authorised by any of them to facilitate segregation, sorting
and recovery of recyclables from various components of waste by authorised informal
sector of waste pickers, informal recyclers or any other work force engaged by the local
body or entity mentioned in rule 2 for the purpose before the waste is delivered or taken
up for its processing or disposal;
32. “non-biodegradable waste” means any waste that cannot be degraded by
microorganisms into simpler stable compounds;
33. "operator of a facility" means a person or entity, who owns or operates a facility for
handling solid waste which includes the local body and any other entity or agency
appointed by the local body;
34. "primary collection" means collecting, lifting and removal of segregated solid waste
from source of its generation including households, shops, offices and any other non-
residential premises or from any collection points or any other location specified by the
local body;
35. "processing" means any scientific process by which segregated solid waste is handled
for the purpose of reuse, recycling or transformation into new products;
36. "recycling" means the process of transforming segregated non-biodegradable solid
waste into new material or product or as raw material for producing new products which
may or may not be similar to the original products;
37. “redevelopment” means rebuilding of old residential or commercial buildings at the

same site, where the existing buildings and other infrastructures have become
dilapidated;
38. "refused derived fuel"(RDF) means fuel derived from combustible waste fraction of
solid waste like plastic, wood, pulp or organic waste, other than chlorinated materials,
in the form of pellets or fluff produced by drying, shredding, dehydrating and
compacting of solid waste;
39. “residual solid waste” means and includes the waste and rejects from the solid waste
processing facilities which are not suitable for recycling or further processing;
40. "sanitary land filling " means the final and safe disposal of residual solid waste and
inert wastes on land in a facility designed with protective measures against pollution of
ground water, surface water and fugitive air dust, wind-blown litter, bad odour, fire
hazard, animal menace, bird menace, pests or rodents, greenhouse gas emissions,
persistent organic pollutants slope instability and erosion;
41. “sanitary waste” means wastes comprising of used diapers, sanitary towels or napkins,
tampons, condoms, incontinence sheets and any other similar waste;
42. "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to these rules;
43. "secondary storage" means the temporary containment of solid waste after collection
at secondary waste storage depots or MRFs or bins for onward transportation of the
waste to the processing or disposal facility;
44. "segregation" means sorting and separate storage of various components of solid waste
namely biodegradable wastes including agriculture and dairy waste, non biodegradable
wastes including recyclable waste, non- recyclable combustible waste, sanitary waste
and non recyclable inert waste, domestic hazardous wastes, and construction and
demolition wastes;
45. “service provider” means an authority providing public utility services like water,
sewerage, electricity, telephone, roads, drainage, etc;
46. "solid waste" means and includes solid or semi-solid domestic waste, sanitary waste,
commercial waste, institutional waste, catering and market waste and other non
residential wastes, street sweepings, silt removed or collected from the surface drains,
horticulture waste, agriculture and dairy waste, treated bio-medical waste excluding
industrial waste, bio-medical waste and e-waste, battery waste, radio-active waste
generated in the area under the local authorities and other entities mentioned in rule 2;
47. “sorting” means separating various components and categories of recyclables such as
paper, plastic, card-boards, metal, glass, etc., from mixed waste as may be appropriate
to facilitate recycling;
48. “stabilising” means the biological decomposition of biodegradable wastes to a stable
state where it generates no leachate or offensive odours and is fit for application to farm
land, soil erosion control and soil remediation;
49. “street vendor” means any person engaged in vending of articles, goods, wares, food
items or merchandise of everyday use or offering services to the general public, in a
street, lane, side walk, footpath, pavement, public park or any other public place or
private area, from a temporary built up structure or by moving from place to place and
includes hawker, peddler, squatter and all other synonymous terms which may be local
or region specific; and the words “street vending” with their grammatical variations and
cognate expressions, shall be construed accordingly;
50. “tipping fee” means a fee or support price determined by the local authorities or any
state agency authorised by the State government to be paid to the concessionaire or
operator of waste processing facility or for disposal of residual solid waste at the
landfill;
51. “transfer station” means a facility created to receive solid waste from collection areas
and transport in bulk in covered vehicles or containers to waste processing and, or,
disposal facilities;
52. "transportation" means conveyance of solid waste, either treated, partly treated or
untreated from a location to another location in an environmentally sound manner
through specially designed and covered transport system so as to prevent the foul odour,
littering and unsightly conditions;
53. “treatment” means the method, technique or process designed to modify physical,
chemical or biological characteristics or composition of any waste so as to reduce its
volume and potential to cause harm;
54. “user fee” means a fee imposed by the local body and any entity mentioned in rule 2
on the waste generator to cover full or part cost of providing solid waste collection,
transportation, processing and disposal services.
55. "vermi composting" means the process of conversion of bio-degradable waste into
compost using earth worms;
56. “waste generator” means and includes every person or group of persons, every
residential premises and non residential establishments including Indian Railways,
defense establishments, which generate solid waste;
57. “waste hierarchy” means the priority order in which the solid waste is to should
be managed by giving emphasis to prevention, reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery
and disposal, with prevention being the most preferred option and the disposal at the
landfill being the least;
58. “waste picker” means a person or groups of persons informally engaged in collection
and recovery of reusable and recyclable solid waste from the source of waste generation
the streets, bins, material recovery facilities, processing and waste disposal facilities for
sale to recyclers directly or through intermediaries to earn their livelihood.
(2) Words and expressions used herein but not defined, but defined in the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986, the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Water (Prevention
and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 and the Air (prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the respective Acts.
4. Duties of waste generators. - (1) Every waste generator shall, -
(a) segregate and store the waste generated by them in three separate streams namely
bio-degradable, non bio-degradable and domestic hazardous wastes in suitable bins and
handover segregated wastes to authorised waste pickers or waste collectors as per the dir ection
or notification by the local authorities from time to time;
(b) wrap securely the used sanitary waste like diapers, sanitary pads etc., in the
pouches provided by the manufacturers or brand owners of these products or in a suitable
wrapping material as instructed by the local authorities and shall place the same in the bin
meant for dry waste or non- bio-degradable waste;
(c) store separately construction and demolition waste, as and when generated, in his
own premises and shall dispose off as per the Construction and Demolition Waste
Management Rules, 2016; and
(d) store horticulture waste and garden waste generated from his premises separately
in his own premises and dispose of as per the directions of the local body from time to time.
(2) No waste generator shall throw, burn or burry the solid waste generated by him, on
streets, open public spaces outside his premises or in the drain or water bodies.
(3) All waste generators shall pay such user fee for solid waste management, as specified
in the bye-laws of the local bodies.
(4) No person shall organise an event or gathering of more than one hundred persons at any
unlicensed place without intimating the local body, at least three working days in advance and such
person or the organiser of such event shall ensure segregation of waste at source and handing over of
segregated waste to waste collector or agency as specified by the local body.
(5) Every street vendor shall keep suitable containers for storage of waste generated during
the course of his activity such as food waste, disposable plates, cups, cans, wrappers, coconut shells,
leftover food, vegetables, fruits, etc., and shall deposit such waste at waste storage depot or container
or vehicle as notified by the local body.
(6) All resident welfare and market associations shall, within one year from the date of
notification of these rules and in partnership with the local body ensure segregation of waste at source
by the generators as prescribed in these rules, facilitate collection of segregated waste in separate
streams, handover recyclable material to either the authorised waste pickers or the authorised
recyclers. The bio-degradable waste shall be processed, treated and disposed off through composting
or bio-methanation within the premises as far as possible. The residual waste shall be given to the
waste collectors or agency as directed by the local body.
(7) All gated communities and institutions with more than 5,000 sqm area shall, within one
year from the date of notification of these rules and in partnership with the local body, ensure
segregation of waste at source by the generators as prescribed in these rules, facilitate collection of
segregated waste in separate streams, handover recyclable material to either the authorised waste
pickers or the authorizsd recyclers. The bio-degradable waste shall be processed, treated and disposed
off through composting or bio-methanation within the premises as far as possible. The residual waste
shall be given to the waste collectors or agency as directed by the local body.
(8) All hotels and restaurants shall, within one year from the date of notification of these
rules and in partnership with the local body ensure segregation of waste at source as prescribed in
these rules, facilitate collection of segregated waste in separate streams, handover recyclable material
to either the authorised waste pickers or the authorised recyclers. The bio-degradable waste shall be
processed, treated and disposed off through composting or bio-methanation within the premises as
far as possible. The residual waste shall be given to the waste collectors or agency as directed by the
local body.
5. Duties of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. - (1) The Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change shall be responsible for over all monitoring the
implementation of these rules in the country. It shall constitute a Central Monitoring Committee
under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
comprising officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary or Advisor from the following namely, -
1) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

2) Ministry of Rural Development
3) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
4) Ministry of Agriculture
5) Central Pollution Control Board
6) Three State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution Control Committees by rotation
7) Urban Development Departments of three State Governments by rotation
8) Rural Development Departments from two State Governments by rotation
9) Three Urban Local bodies by rotation
10) Two census towns by rotation
11) FICCI, CII
12) Two subject experts
(2). This Central Monitoring Committee shall meet at least once in a year to monitor and
review the implementation of these rules. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
may co-opt other experts, if needed. The Committee shall be renewed every three years.
6. Duties of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. - (1) The Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs shall coordinate with State Governments and Union territory Administrations to, -
(a) take periodic review of the measures taken by the states and local bodies for improving
solid waste management practices and execution of solid waste management projects funded by the
Ministry and external agencies at least once in a year and give advice on taking corrective measures;
(b) formulate national policy and strategy on solid waste management including policy on
waste to energy in consultation with stakeholders within six months from the date of notification of
these rules;
(c) facilitate States and Union Territories in formulation of state policy and strategy on
solid management based on national solid waste management policy and national urban sanitation
policy;
(d) promote research and development in solid waste management sector and disseminate
information to States and local bodies;
(e) undertake training and capacity building of local bodies and other stakeholders; 1[***]
(f) provide technical guidelines and project finance to states, Union territories and local
bodies on solid waste management to facilitate meeting timelines and standards, 2[and]
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[(g) ensure the implementation of these rules by the States and the Union territories as per rule
11].
7. Duties of Department of Fertilisers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers. - (1) The

Department of Fertilisers through appropriate mechanisms shall, -
(a) provide market development assistance on city compost; and

(b) ensure promotion of co-marketing of compost with chemical fertilisers in the
ratio of 3 to 4 bags: 6 to 7 bags by the fertiliser companies to the extent compost is made
available for marketing to the companies.
8. Duties of Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. - The Ministry of Agriculture
through appropriate mechanisms shall, -
(a) provide flexibility in Fertiliser Control Order for manufacturing and sale of compost;
(b) propagate utlisation of compost on farm land;
(c) set up laboratories to test quality of compost produced by local authorities or their
authorised agencies; and
(d) issue suitable guidelines for maintaining the quality of compost and ratio of use of
compost visa-a-vis chemical fertilizers while applying compost to farmland.
9. Duties of the Ministry of Power. -The Ministry of Power through appropriate mechanisms
shall, -
(a) decide tariff or charges for the power generated from the waste to energy plants based
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Omitted the word “and” vide S.O. 1152(E) dated 19th March, 2020
2
Ins. the word “and” vide S.O. 1152(E) dated 19th March, 2020
3
Ins. sub-rule 4(iii) vide S.O. 1152(E) dated 19th March, 2020
on solid waste.
(b) compulsory purchase power generated from such waste to energy plants by distribution
company.
10. Duties of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources- The Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy Sources through appropriate mechanisms shall, -
(a) facilitate infrastructure creation for waste to energy plants; and

(b) provide appropriate subsidy or incentives for such waste to energy plants.
11. Duties of the Secretary–in-charge, Urban Development in the States and Union
territories. - (1) The Secretary, Urban Development Department in the State or Union territory
through the Commissioner or Director of Municipal Administration or Director of local bodies shall,
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(a) prepare a state policy and solid waste management strategy for the state or the union
territory in consultation with stakeholders including representative of waste pickers, self help group
and similar groups working in the field of waste management consistent with these rules, national
policy on solid waste management and national urban sanitation policy of the Ministry of Housing
and Urban Affairs, in a period not later than one year from the date of notification of these rules;
(b) while preparing State policy and strategy on solid waste management, lay emphasis on
waste reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery and optimum utilisation of various components of solid
waste to ensure minimisation of waste going to the landfill and minimise impact of solid waste on
human health and environment;
(c) state policies and strategies should acknowledge the primary role played by the informal
sector of waste pickers, waste collectors and recycling industry in reducing waste and provide broad
guidelines regarding integration of waste picker or informal waste collectors in the waste management
system.
(d) ensure implementation of provisions of these rules by all local authorities;
(e) direct the town planning department of the State to ensure that master plan of every city
in the State or Union territory provisions for setting up of solid waste processing and disposal facilities
except for the cities who are members of common waste processing facility or regional sanitary
landfill for a group of cities; and
(f) ensure identification and allocation of suitable land to the local bodies within one year
for setting up of processing and disposal facilities for solid wastes and incorporate them in the master
plans (land use plan) of the State or as the case may be, cities through metropolitan and district
planning committees or town and country planning department;
(g) direct the town planning department of the State and local bodies to ensure that a
separate space for segregation, storage, decentralised processing of solid waste is demarcated in the
development plan for group housing or commercial, institutional or any other non-residential complex
exceeding 200 dwelling or having a plot area exceeding 5,000 square meters;
(h) direct the developers of Special Economic Zone, Industrial Estate, Industrial Park to
earmark at least five percent of the total area of the plot or minimum five plots or sheds for recovery
and recycling facility.
(i) facilitate establishment of common regional sanitary land fill for a group of cities and
towns falling within a distance of 50 km (or more) from the regional facility on a cost sharing basis
and ensure professional management of such sanitary landfills;
(j) arrange for capacity building of local bodies in managing solid waste, segregation and
transportation or processing of such waste at source;
(k) notify buffer zone for the solid waste processing and disposal facilities of more than
five tons per day in consultation with the State Pollution Control Board; and
(l) start a scheme on registration of waste pickers and waste dealers.
12. Duties of District Magistrate or District Collector or Deputy Commissioner. - The District
Magistrate or District Collector or as the case may be, the Deputy Commissioner shall, -
(a) facilitate identification and allocation of suitable land as per clause (f) of rules 11 for
setting up solid waste processing and disposal facilities to local authorities in his district in close
coordination with the Secretary-in-charge of State Urban Development Department within one year
from the date of notification of these rules;
(b) review the performance of local bodies, at least once in a quarter on waste segregation,
processing, treatment and disposal and take corrective measures in consultation with the
Commissioner or Director of Municipal Administration or Director of local bodies and secretary-in-
charge of the State Urban Development.
13. Duties of the Secretary–in-charge of Village Panchayats or Rural Development

Department in the State and Union territory. - (1) The Secretary–in-charge of Village Panchayats
or Rural Development Department in the State and Union territory shall have the same duties as the
Secretary–in-charge, Urban Development in the States and Union territories, for the areas which are
covered under these rules and are under their jurisdictions.
14. Duties of Central Pollution Control Board. -The Central Pollution Control Board shall, -
(a) co-ordinate with the State Pollution Control Boards and the Pollution Control
Committees for implementation of these rules and adherence to the prescribed standards by local
authorities;
(b) formulate the standards for ground water, ambient air, noise pollution, leachate in
respect of all solid waste processing and disposal facilities;
(c) review environmental standards and norms prescribed for solid waste processing
facilities or treatment technologies and update them as and when required;
(d) review through State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution Control Committees, at least
once in a year, the implementation of prescribed environmental standards for solid waste processing
facilities or treatment technologies and compile the data monitored by them;
(e) review the proposals of State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution Control Committees
on use of any new technologies for processing, recycling and treatment of solid waste and prescribe
performance standards, emission norms for the same within 6 months;
(f) monitor through State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution Control Committees the
implementation of these rules by local bodies;
(g) prepare an annual report on implementation of these rules on the basis of reports
received from State Pollution Control Boards and Committees and submit to the Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the report shall also be put in public domain;
(h) publish guidelines for maintaining buffer zone restricting any residential, commercial
or any other construction activity from the outer boundary of the waste processing and disposal
facilities for different sizes of facilities handling more than five tons per day of solid waste;
(i) publish guidelines, from time to time, on environmental aspects of processing and
disposal of solid waste to enable local bodies to comply with the provisions of these rules; and
(j) provide guidance to States or Union territories on inter-state movement of waste.
15. Duties and responsibilities of local authorities and village Panchayats of census towns
and urban agglomerations. - The local authorities and Panchayats shall, -
(a) prepare a solid waste management plan as per state policy and strategy on solid waste
management within six months from the date of notification of state policy and strategy and submit
a copy to respective departments of State Government or Union territory Administration or agency
authorised by the State Government or Union territory Administration;
(b) arrange for door to door collection of segregated solid waste from all households
including slums and informal settlements, commercial, institutional and other non residential
premises. From multi-storage buildings, large commercial complexes, malls, housing complexes,
etc., this may be collected from the entry gate or any other designated location;
(c) establish a system to recognise organisations of waste pickers or informal waste
collectors and promote and establish a system for integration of these authorised waste-pickers and
waste collectors to facilitate their participation in solid waste management including door to door
collection of waste;
(d) facilitate formation of Self Help Groups, provide identity cards and thereafter encourage
integration in solid waste management including door to door collection of waste;
(e) frame bye-laws incorporating the provisions of these rules within one year from the date
of notification of these rules and ensure timely implementation;
(f) prescribe from time to time user fee as deemed appropriate and collect the fee from the
waste generators on its own or through authorised agency;
(g) direct waste generators not to litter i.e throw or dispose of any waste such as paper,
water bottles, liquor bottles, soft drink canes, tetra packs, fruit peel, wrappers, etc., or burn or burry
waste on streets, open public spaces, drains, waste bodies and to segregate the waste at source as
prescribed under these rules and hand over the segregated waste to authorised the waste pickers or
waste collectors authorised by the local body;
(h) setup material recovery facilities or secondary storage facilities with sufficient space
for sorting of recyclable materials to enable informal or authorised waste pickers and waste collectors
to separate recyclables from the waste and provide easy access to waste pickers and recyclers for
collection of segregated recyclable waste such as paper, plastic, metal, glass, textile from the source
of generation or from material recovery facilities; Bins for storage of bio-degradable wastes shall be
painted green, those for storage of recyclable wastes shall be printed 1[blue] and those for storage of
other wastes shall be printed black;
(i) establish waste deposition centres for domestic hazardous waste and give direction for
waste generators to deposit domestic hazardous wastes at this centre for its safe disposal. Such facility
shall be established in a city or town in a manner that one centre is set up for the area of twenty square
kilometers or part thereof and notify the timings of receiving domestic hazardous waste at such
centres;
(j) 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 or the Pollution
Control Committee;
(k) direct street sweepers not to burn tree leaves collected from street sweeping and store them
separately and handover to the waste collectors or agency authorised by local body;
(l) provide training on solid waste management to waste-pickers and waste collectors;
(m) collect waste from vegetable, fruit, flower, meat, poultry and fish market on day to day
basis and promote setting up of decentralised compost plant or bio-methanation plant at suitable
locations in the markets or in the vicinity of markets ensuring hygienic conditions;
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Substituted for the word “white” the word “blue” by G.S.R. 298(E) dated 10.4.2019
(n) collect separately waste from sweeping of streets, lanes and by-lanes daily, or on
alternate days or twice a week depending on the density of population, commercial activity and local
situation;
(o) set up covered secondary storage facility for temporary storage of street sweepings and
silt removed from surface drains in cases where direct collection of such waste into transport vehicles
is not convenient. Waste so collected shall be collected and disposed of at regular intervals as decided
by the local body;
(p) collect horticulture, parks and garden waste separately and process in the parks and
gardens, as far as possible;
(q) transport segregated bio-degradable waste to the processing facilities like compost
plant, bio-methanation plant or any such facility. Preference shall be given for on -site processing of
such waste;
(r) transport non-bio-degradable waste to the respective processing facility or material
recovery facilities or secondary storage facility;
(s) transport construction and demolition waste as per the provisions of the Construction
and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016;
(t) involve communities in waste management and promotion of home composting, bio-
gas generation, decentralised processing of waste at community level subject to control of odour and
maintenance of hygienic conditions around the facility;
(u) phase out the use of chemical fertilizer in two years and use compost in all parks,
gardens maintained by the local body and wherever possible in other places under its jurisdiction.
Incentives may be provided to recycling initiatives by informal waste recycling sector.
(v) facilitate construction, operation and maintenance of solid waste processing facilities
and associated infrastructure on their own or with private sector participation or through any agency
for optimum utilisation of various components of solid waste adopting suitable technology including
the following technologies and adhering to the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Housing and
Urban Affairs from time to time and standards prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board.
Preference shall be given to decentralised processing to minimize transportation cost and
environmental impacts such as-
a) bio-methanation, microbial composting, vermi-composting, anaerobic digestion or any
other appropriate processing for bio-stabilisation of biodegradable wastes;
b) waste to energy processes including refused derived fuel for combustible fraction of
waste or supply as feedstock to solid waste based power plants or cement kilns;
(w) undertake on their own or through any other agency construction, operation and
maintenance of sanitary landfill and associated infrastructure as per Schedule 1 for disposal of residual
wastes in a manner prescribed under these rules;
(x) make adequate provision of funds for capital investments as well as operation and
maintenance of solid waste management services in the annual budget ensuring that funds for
discretionary functions of the local body have been allocated only after meeting the requirement of
necessary funds for solid waste management and other obligatory functions of the local body as per
these rules;
(y) make an application in Form-I for grant of authorisation for setting up waste processing,
treatment or disposal facility, if the volume of waste is exceeding five metric tones per day including
sanitary landfills from the State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee, as the
case may be;
(z) submit application for renewal of authorisation at least sixty days before the expiry of
the validity of authorisation;
(za) prepare and submit annual report in Form IV on or before the 30 th April of the succeeding
year to the Commissioner or Director, Municipal Administration or designated Officer;
(zb) the annual report shall then be sent to the Secretary-in-Charge of the State Urban
Development Department or village panchayat or rural development department and to the respective
State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee by the 31 st May of every year;
(zc) educate workers including contract workers and supervisors for door to door collection of
segregated waste and transporting the unmixed waste during primary and secondary transportation to
processing or disposal facility;
(zd) ensure that the operator of a facility provides personal protection equipment including
uniform, fluorescent jacket, hand gloves, raincoats, appropriate foot wear and masks to all workers
handling solid waste and the same are used by the workforce;
(ze) ensure that provisions for setting up of centers for collection, segregation and storage of
segregated wastes, are incorporated in building plan while granting approval of building plan of a
group housing society or market complex; and
(zf) frame bye-laws and prescribe criteria for levying of spot fine for persons who litters or
fails to comply with the provisions of these rules and delegate powers to officers or local bodies to
levy spot fines as per the bye laws framed; and
(zg) create public awareness through information, education and communication campaign
and educate the waste generators on the following; namely: -
(i) not to litter;
(ii) minimise generation of waste;
(iii) reuse the waste to the extent possible;
(iv) practice segregation of waste into bio–degradable, non-biodegradable
(recyclable and combustible), sanitary waste and domestic hazardous wastes at source;
(v) practice home composting, vermi-composting, bio-gas generation or community
level composting;
(vi) wrap securely used sanitary waste as and when generated in the pouches provided
by the brand owners or a suitable wrapping as prescribed by the local body and place the same
in the bin meant for non- biodegradable waste;
(vii) storage of segregated waste at source in different bins;
(viii) handover segregated waste to waste pickers, waste collectors, recyclers or waste
collection agencies; and
(ix) pay monthly user fee or charges to waste collectors or local bodies or any other
person authorised by the local body for sustainability of solid waste management.
(zh) stop land filling or dumping of mixed waste soon after the timeline as specified in rule 23
for setting up and operationalisation of sanitary landfill is over;
(zi) 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 to go
to sanitary landfill and the sanitary landfill sites shall meet the specifications as given in Schedule–I,
however, every effort shall be made to recycle or reuse the rejects to achieve the desired objective of
zero waste going to landfill;
(zj) investigate and analyse all old open dumpsites and existing operational dumpsites for their
potential of bio-mining and bio-remediation and wheresoever feasible, take necessary actions to bio-
mine or bio-remediate the sites;
(zk) in absence of the potential of bio-mining and bio-remediation of dumpsite, it shall be
scientifically capped as per landfill capping norms to prevent further damage to the environment.
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[(zl) collect and transport bio-degradable, non-bio-degradable and domestic hazardous waste
from households including slums and informal settlements, commercial, institutional and other
nonresidential premises, multi-storey buildings, large commercial complexes, malls, housing
complexes and the like in compartmentalised and covered vehicle to the respective processing
facility].
16. Duties of State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee. - (1) The State
Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee shall, -
(a) enforce these rules in their State through local bodies in their respective
jurisdiction and review implementation of these rules at least twice a year in close coordination
with concerned Directorate of Municipal Administration or Secretary-in-charge of State Urban
Development Department;
(b) monitor environmental standards and adherence to conditions as specified under
the Schedule I and Schedule II for waste processing and disposal sites;
(c) examine the proposal for authorisation and make such inquiries as deemed fit,
after the receipt of the application for the same in Form I from the local body or any other
agency authorised by the local body;
(d) while examining the proposal for authorisation, the requirement of consents
under respective enactments and views of other agencies like the State Urban Development
Department, the Town and Country Planning Department, District Planning Committee or
Metropolitan Area Planning Committee, as may be applicable, Airport or Airbase Authority,
the Ground Water Board, Railways, power distribution companies, highway department and
other relevant agencies shall be taken into consideration and they shall be given four weeks
time to give their views, if any;
(e) issue authorisation within a period of sixty days in Form II to the local body or
an operator of a facility or any other agency authorised by local body stipulating compliance
criteria and environmental standards as specified in Schedules I and II including other
conditions, as may be necessary;
(f) synchronise the validity of said authorisation with the validity of the consents;
(g) suspend or cancel the authorization issued under clause (a) any time, if the local
body or operator of the facility fails to operate the facility as per the conditions stipulated:
provided that no such authorization shall be suspended or cancelled without giving
notice to the local body or operator, as the case may be; and
(h) on receipt of application for renewal, renew the authorisation for next five years,
after examining every application on merit and subject to the condition that the operator of the
facility has fulfilled all the provisions of the rules, standards or conditions specified in the
authorisation, consents or environment clearance.
(2) The State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee shall, after giving
reasonable opportunity of being heard to the applicant and for reasons thereof to be recorded in
writing, refuse to grant or renew an authorisation.
(3) In case of new technologies, where no standards have been prescribed by the Central
Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee, as the case
may be, shall approach Central Pollution Control Board for getting standards specified.
(4) The State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee, as the case may
be, shall monitor the compliance of the standards as prescribed or laid down and treatment technology
as approved and the conditions stipulated in the authorisation and the standards specified in Schedules
I and II under these rules as and when deemed appropriate but not less than once in a year.
(5) The State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee may give
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Ins. sub-rule (zk) vide S.O. 1152(E) dated 19th March, 2020
directions to local bodies for safe handling and disposal of domestic hazardous waste deposited by
the waste generators at hazardous waste deposition facilities.
(6) The State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee shall regulate
Inter-State movement of waste.
17. Duty of manufacturers or brand owners of disposable products and sanitary napkins and
diapers. - (1) All manufacturers of disposable products such as tin, glass, plastics packaging, etc., or
brand owners who introduce such products in the market shall provide necessary financial assistance
to local authorities for establishment of waste management system.
(2) All such brand owners who sell or market their products in such packaging material
which are non-biodegradable shall put in place a system to collect back the packaging waste generated
due to their production.
(3) Manufacturers or brand owners or marketing companies of sanitary napkins and diapers
shall explore the possibility of using all recyclable materials in their products or they shall provide a
pouch or wrapper for disposal of each napkin or diapers along with the packet of their sanitary
products.
(4) All such manufacturers, brand owners or marketing companies shall educate the masses
for wrapping and disposal of their products.
18. Duties of the industrial units located within one hundred km from the refused derived
fuel and waste to energy plants based on solid waste- All industrial units using fuel and located
within one hundred km from a solid waste based refused derived fuel plant shall make arrangements
within six months from the date of notification of these rules to replace at least five percent of their
fuel requirement by refused derived fuel so produced.
19. Criteria for Duties regarding setting-up solid waste processing and treatment facility. -
(1) The department in-charge of the allocation of land assignment shall be responsible for providing
suitable land for setting up of the solid waste processing and treatment facilities and notify such sites
by the State Government or Union territory Administration.
(2) The operator of the facility shall design and set up the facility as per the technical
guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard from time to time and the
manual on solid waste management prepared by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
(3) The operator of the facility shall obtain necessary approvals from the State Pollution
Control Board or Pollution Control Committee.
(4) The State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee shall monitor the
environment standards of the operation of the solid waste processing and treatment facilities.
(5) The operator of the facility shall be responsible for the safe and environmentally sound
operations of the solid waste processing and or treatment facilities as per the guidelines issued by the
Central Pollution Control Board from time to time and the Manual on Municipal Solid Waste
Management published by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and updated from time to time.
(6) The operator of the solid waste processing and treatment facility shall submit annual
report in Form III each year by 30th April to the State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Committee
and concerned local body.
20. Criteria and actions to be taken for solid waste management in hilly areas. - In the hilly
areas, the duties and responsibilities of the local authorities shall be the same as mentioned in rule 15
with additional clauses as under:
(a) Construction of landfill on the hill shall be avoided. A transfer station at a suitable
enclosed location shall be setup to collect residual waste from the processing facility and inert waste.
A suitable land shall be identified in the plain areas down the hill within 25 kilometers for setting up
sanitary landfill. The residual waste from the transfer station shall be disposed of at this sanitary
landfill.
(b) In case of non-availability of such land, efforts shall be made to set up regional sanitary
landfill for the inert and residual waste.
(c) Local body shall frame Bye-laws and prohibit citizen from littering wastes on the streets
and give strict direction to the tourists not to dispose any waste such as paper, water bottles, liquor
bottles, soft drink canes, tetra packs, any other plastic or paper waste on the streets or down the hills
and instead direct to deposit such waste in the litter bins that shall be placed by the local body at all
tourist destinations.
(d) Local body shall arrange to convey the provisions of solid waste management under the
bye-laws to all tourists visiting the hilly areas at the entry point in the town as well as through the
hotels, guest houses or like where they stay and by putting suitable hoardings at tourist destinations.
(e) Local body may levy solid waste management charge from the tourist at the entry point
to make the solid waste management services sustainable.
(f) The department in-charge of the allocation of land assignment shall identify and allot
suitable space on the hills for setting up decentralised waste processing facilities. Local body shall
set up such facilities. Step garden system may be adopted for optimum utilisation of hill space.
21. Criteria for waste to energy process. - (1) Non recyclable waste having calorific value of
1500 Kcal/kg or more shall not be disposed of on landfills and shall only be utilised for generating
energy either or through refuse derived fuel or by giving away as feed stock for preparing refuse
derived fuel.
(2) High calorific wastes shall be used for co-processing in cement or thermal power plants.
(3) The local body or an operator of facility or an agency designated by them proposing to
set up waste to energy plant of more than five tones per day processing capacity shall submit an
application in Form-I to the State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee, as the
case may be, for authorisation.
(4) The State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee, on receiving such
application for setting up waste to energy facility, shall examine the same and grant permission within
sixty days.
22. Time frame for implementation. - Necessary infrastructure for implementation of these rules
shall be created by the local bodies and other concerned authorities, as the case may be, on their own,
by directly or engaging agencies within the time frame specified below:
Time limit from

the date of
Sl. No. Activity
notification of
rules
(1) (2) (3)
1. Identification of suitable sites for setting up solid waste 1 year
processing facilities
2. Identification of suitable sites for setting up common regional 1 year
sanitary landfill facilities for suitable clusters of local authorities
under 0.5 million population and for setting up common
regional sanitary landfill facilities or stand alone sanitary landfill
facilities by all local authorities having a population of 0.5 million
or more .
3. Procurement of suitable sites for setting up solid waste processing 2 years
facility and sanitary landfill facilities
4. Enforcing waste generators to practice segregation of bio 2 years
degradable, recyclable, combustible, sanitary waste domestic
hazardous and inert solid wastes at source ,

5. Ensure door to door collection of segregated waste and its 2 years
transportation in covered vehicles to processing or disposal
facilities.
6. Ensure separate storage, collection and transportation of 2 years
construction and demolition wastes
7. Setting up solid waste processing facilities by all local bodies 2 years
having 100000 or more population
8. Setting up solid waste processing facilities by local bodies 3 years
and census towns below 100000 population.
9 Setting up common or stand alone sanitary landfills by or for all
local bodies having 0.5 million or more population for the
disposal of only such residual wastes from the processing
3 years
facilities as well as untreatable inert wastes as permitted under the
Rules
10. Setting up common or regional sanitary landfills by all local
bodies and census towns under 0.5 million population for the
disposal of permitted waste under the rules
3years
11. Bio-remediation or capping of old and abandoned dump sites 5years
23. State Level Advisory Body. – (1) Every Department in-charge of local bodies of the
concerned State Government or Union territory administration shall constitute a State Level Advisory
Body within six months from the date of notification of these rules comprising the following
members, namely: -
Sl. No Designation Member

(1) (2) (3)
1. Secretary, Department of Urban Development or Local self- Chairperson, ex-
government department of the State officio
2. One representative of Panchayats or Rural development Member, ex-officio
Department not below the rank of Joint Secretary to State
Government
3. One representative of Revenue Department of State Member, ex-officio
Government
4. One representative from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Member, ex-officio
Climate Change Government of India
5. One representative Government of India from Ministry of Member, ex-officio
Housing and Urban Affairs,
6. One representative Government of India from Ministry of Rural Member, ex-officio
Development,
7. One representative from the Central Pollution Control Board Member, ex-officio
8. One representative from the State Pollution Control Board or Member, ex-officio
Pollution Control Committee
9. One representative from Indian Institute of Technology or Member, ex-officio
National Institute of Technology
10. Chief town planner of the state Member
11. Three representatives from the local bodies by rotation Member
12. Two representatives from census towns or urban Member
agglomerations by rotation.
13. One representative from reputed Non-Governmental Member
Organisation or Civil Society working for the waste pickers or
informal recycler or solid waste management
14. One representative from a body representing Industries at the Member

State or Central level
15. One representative from waste recycling industry Member
16. Two subject experts Member
17. Co-opt one representative each from agriculture department, Member
and labour department of State Government.
(2) The State Level Advisory Body shall meet at least one in every six months to review
the matters related to implementation of these rules, state policy and strategy on solid waste
management and give advice to state government for taking measures that are necessary for
expeditious and appropriate implementation of these rules.
(3) The copies of the review report shall be forwarded to the State Pollution Control Board
or Pollution Control Committee for necessary action.
24. Annual report. - (1) The operator of facility shall submit the annual report to the local body in
Form-III on or before the 30th day of April every year.
(2) The local body shall submit its annual report in Form-IV to State Pollution Control
Board or Pollution Control Committee and the Secretary-in-Charge of the Department of Urban
Development of the concerned State or Union Territory in case of metropolitan city and to the Director
of Municipal Administration or Commissioner of Municipal Administration or Officer in -Charge of
Urban local bodies in the state in case of all other local bodies of state on or before the 30th day of
June every year
(3) Each State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee as the case may be,
shall prepare and submit the consolidated annual report to the Central Pollution Control Board and
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on the implementation of these rules and action taken against
non complying local body by the 31 stday of July of each year in Form-V.
(4) The Central Pollution Control Board shall prepare a consolidated annual review report
on the status of implementation of these rules by local bodies in the country and forward the same to
the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change,
along with its recommendations before the 31 stday of August each year.
(5) The annual report shall be reviewed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change during the meeting of Central Monitoring Committee.
25. Accident reporting. - In case of an accident at any solid waste processing or treatment or
disposal facility or landfill site, the Officer- in- charge of the facility shall report to the local body in
Form-VI and the local body shall review and issue instructions if any, to the in- charge of the facility.
SCHEDULE I
[see rule 15 (w), (zi), 16 (1) (b) (e), 16 (4)]
Specifications for Sanitary Landfills
(A) Criteria for site selection. –
(i) The department in the business allocation of land assignment shall provide suitable site
for setting up of the solid waste processing and treatment facilities and notify such sites.
(ii) The sanitary landfill site shall be planned, designed and developed with proper
documentation of construction plan as well as a closure plan in a phased manner. In case
a new landfill facility is being established adjoining an existing landfill site, the closure
plan of existing landfill should form a part of the proposal of such new landfill.
(iii) The landfill sites shall be selected to make use of nearby wastes processing facilities.
Otherwise, wastes processing facility shall be planned as an integral part of the landfill
site.
(iv) Landfill sites shall be set up as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs, Government of India and Central Pollution Control Board.
(v) The existing landfill sites which are in use for more than five years shall be improved
in accordance with the specifications given in this Schedule.
(vi) The landfill site shall be large enough to last for at least 20-25 years and shall develop
‘landfill cells’ in a phased manner to avoid water logging and misuse.
(vii) The landfill site shall be 100 meter away from river, 200 meter from a pond, 200 meter
from Highways, Habitations, Public Parks and water supply wells and 20 km away from
Airports or Airbase. However, in a special case, landfill site may be set up within a
distance of 10 and 20 km away from the Airport/Airbase after obtaining no objection
certificate from the civil aviation authority/ Air force as the case may be. The Landfill
site shall not be permitted within the flood plains as recorded for the last 100 years, zone
of coastal regulation, wetland, Critical habitat areas, sensitive eco-fragile areas.
(viii) The sites for landfill and processing and disposal of solid waste shall be incorporated in
the Town Planning Department’s land-use plans.
(ix) A buffer zone of no development shall be maintained around solid waste processing and
disposal facility, exceeding five Tonnes per day of installed capacity. This will be
maintained within the total area of the solid waste processing and disposal facility. The
buffer zone shall be prescribed on case to case basis by the local body in consultation
with concerned State Pollution Control Board.
(x) The biomedical waste shall be disposed of in accordance with the Bio-medical Waste
Management Rules, 2016, as amended from time to time. The hazardous waste shall be
managed in accordance with the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and
Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, as amended from time to time. The E- waste
shall be managed in accordance with the e-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 as
amended from time to time.
(xi) Temporary storage facility for solid waste shall be established in each landfill site to
accommodate the waste in case of non-operation of waste processing and during
emergency or natural calamities.
(B) Criteria for development of facilities at the sanitary landfills. –
(i) Landfill site shall be fenced or hedged and provided with proper gate to monitor
incoming vehicles, to prevent entry of unauthorised persons and stray animals
(ii) The approach and / internal roads shall be concreted or paved so as to avoid generation
of dust particles due to vehicular movement and shall be so designed to ensure free
movement of vehicles and other machinery.
(iii) The landfill site shall have waste inspection facility to monitor waste brought in for
landfilling h, office facility for record keeping and shelter for keeping equipment and
machinery including pollution monitoring equipment. The operator of the facility shall
maintain record of waste received, processed and disposed.
(iv) Provisions like weigh bridge to measure quantity of waste brought at landfill site, fire
protection equipment and other facilities as may be required shall be provided.
(v) Utilities such as drinking water and sanitary facilities (preferably washing/bathing
facilities for workers) and lighting arrangements for easy landfill operations during night
hours shall be provided.
(vi) Safety provisions including health inspections of workers at landfill sites shall be carried
out made.
(vii) Provisions for parking, cleaning, washing of transport vehicles carrying solid waste shall
be provided. The wastewater so generated shall be treated to meet the prescribed

standards.
(C) Criteria for specifications for land filling operations and closure on completion of land
filling. –
(i) Waste for land filling shall be compacted in thin layers using heavy compactors to
achieve high density of the waste. In high rainfall areas where heavy compactors cannot
be used, alternative measures shall be adopted.
(ii) Till the time waste processing facilities for composting or recycling or energy recovery
are set up, the waste shall be sent to the sanitary landfill. The landfill cell shall be
covered at the end of each working day with minimum 10 cm of soil, inert debris or
construction material.
(iii) Prior to the commencement of monsoon season, an intermediate cover of 40-65 cm
thickness of soil shall be placed on the landfill with proper compaction and grading to
prevent infiltration during monsoon. Proper drainage shall be constructed to divert run -
off away from the active cell of the landfill.
(iv) After completion of landfill, a final cover shall be designed to minimise infiltration and
erosion. The final cover shall meet the following specifications, namely: --
a) The final cover shall have a barrier soil layer comprising of 60 cm of clay or
amended soil with permeability coefficient less than 1 x 10 -7 cm/sec.
b) On top of the barrier soil layer, there shall be a drainage layer of 15 cm.
c) On top of the drainage layer, there shall be a vegetative layer of 45 cm to support
natural plant growth and to minimise erosion.
(D) Criteria for pollution prevention. - In order to prevent pollution from landfill operations, the
following provisions shall be made, namely: -
(i) The storm water drain shall be designed and constructed in such a way that the surface
runoff water is diverted from the landfilling site and leachates from solid waste locations
do not get mixed with the surface runoff water. Provisions for diversion of storm water
discharge drains shall be made to minimise leachate generation and prevent pollution of
surface water and also for avoiding flooding and creation of marshy conditions.
(ii) Non-permeable lining system at the base and walls of waste disposal area. For landfill
receiving residues of waste processing facilities or mixed waste or waste having
contamination of hazardous materials (such as aerosols, bleaches, polishes, batteries,
waste oils, paint products and pesticides) shall have liner of composite barrier of 1.5 mm
thick high density polyethylene (HDPE) geo-membrane or geo-synthetic liners, or
equivalent, overlying 90 cm of soil (clay or amended soil) having permeability
coefficient not greater than 1 x 10-7 cm/sec. The highest level of water table shall be at
least two meter below the base of clay or amended soil barrier layer provided at the
bottom of landfills.
(iii) Provisions for management of leachates including its collection and treatment shall be
made. The treated leachate shall be recycled or utilized as permitted, otherwise shall be
released into the sewerage line, after meeting the standards specified in Schedule- II. In
no case, leachate shall be released into open environment.
(iv) Arrangement shall be made to prevent leachate runoff from landfill area entering any
drain, stream, river, lake or pond. In case of mixing of runoff water with leachate or
solid waste, the entire mixed water shall be treated by the concern authority.
(E) Criteria for water quality monitoring. –
(i) Before establishing any landfill site, baseline data of ground water quality in the area
shall be collected and kept in record for future reference. The ground water quality
within 50 meter of the periphery of landfill site shall be periodically monitored covering
different seasons in a year that is, summer, monsoon and post-monsoon period to ensure
that the ground water is not contaminated.
(ii) Usage of groundwater in and around landfill sites for any purpose (including drinking
and irrigation) shall be considered only after ensuring its quality. The following
specifications for drinking water quality shall apply for monitoring purpose, namely: -
IS 10500:2012, Edition 2.2(2003-09)

S. No. Parameters Desirable limit (mg/l except for pH)
(1) (2) (3)
Arsenic 0.01
Cadmium 0.01
Chromium(as Cr 6+ ) 0.05
Copper 0.05
Cyanide 0.05
Lead 0.05
Mercury 0.001
Nickel -
Nitrate as NO3 45.0
pH 6.5-8.5
Iron 0.3
Total hardness (as CaCO 3) 300.0
Chlorides 250
Dissolved solids 500
Phenolic compounds 0.001
(as C6 H5 OH)
Zinc 5.0
Sulphate (as SO4 ) 200
(F) Criteria for ambient air quality monitoring. –
(i) Landfill gas control system including gas collection system shall be installed at landfill
site to minimize odour, prevent off-site migration of gases, to protect vegetation planted
on the rehabilitated landfill surface. For enhancing landfill gas recovery, use of
geomembranes in cover systems along with gas collection wells should be considered.
(ii) The concentration of methane gas generated at landfill site shall not exceed 25 per cent
of the lower explosive limit (LEL).
(iii) The landfill gas from the collection facility at a landfill site shall be utilized for either
direct thermal applications or power generation, as per viability. Otherwise, landfill gas
shall be burnt (flared) and shall not be allowed to escape directly to the atmosphere or
for illegal tapping. Passive venting shall be allowed in case if its utilisation or flaring is
not possible.
(iv) Ambient air quality at the landfill site and at the vicinity shall be regularly monitored.
Ambient air quality shall meet the standards prescribed by the Central Pollution Control
Board for Industrial area.
(G) Criteria for plantation at landfill Site. - A vegetative cover shall be provided over the
completed site in accordance with the following specifications, namely: -
(a) Locally adopted non-edible perennial plants that are resistant to drought and extreme
temperatures shall be planted;
(b) The selection of plants should be of such variety that their roots do not penetrate more
than 30 cms. This condition shall apply till the landfill is stabilized;
(c) Selected plants shall have ability to thrive on low-nutrient soil with minimum nutrient
addition;
(d) Plantation to be made in sufficient density to minimise soil erosion.
(e) Green belts shall be developed all around the boundary of the landfill in consultation
with State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution Control Committees.
(H) Criteria for post-care of landfill site. - (1) The post-closure care of landfill site shall be
conducted for at least fifteen years and long term monitoring or care plan shall consist of the
following, namely: -
(a) Maintaining the integrity and effectiveness of final cover, making repairs and
preventing run-on and run-off from eroding or otherwise damaging the final
cover;
(b) Monitoring leachate collection system in accordance with the requirement;
(c) Monitoring of ground water in and around landfill;
(d) Maintaining and operating the landfill gas collection system to meet the
standards.
(2) Use of closed landfill sites after fifteen years of post-closure monitoring can be
considered for human settlement or otherwise only after ensuring that gaseous emission and
leachate quality analysis complies with the specified standards and the soil stability is ensured.
(I) Criteria for special provisions for hilly areas. - Cities and towns located on hills shall have
location-specific methods evolved for final disposal of solid waste by the local body with the
approval of the concerned State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee.
The local body shall set up processing facilities for utilisation of biodegradable organic waste.
The non-biodegradable recyclable materials shall be stored and sent for recycling periodically.
The inert and non-biodegradable waste shall be used for building roads or filling-up of
appropriate areas on hills. In case of constraints in finding adequate land in hilly areas, waste
not suitable for road-laying or filling up shall be disposed of in regional landfills in plain areas.
(J) Closure and Rehabilitation of Old Dumps- Solid waste dumps which have reached their full
capacity or those which will not receive additional waste after setting up of new and properly
designed landfills should be closed and rehabilitated by examining the following options:
(i) Reduction of waste by bio mining and waste processing followed by placement
of residues in new landfills or capping as in (ii) below.
(ii) Capping with solid waste cover or solid waste cover enhanced with
geomembrane to enable collection and flaring / utilisation of greenhouse gases.
(iii) Capping as in (ii) above with additional measures (in alluvial and other coarse
grained soils) such as cut-off walls and extraction wells for pumping and treating
contaminated ground water.
(iv) Any other method suitable for reducing environmental impact to acceptable
level.
SCHEDULE II
[see rule 16 (1), (b), (e), 16 (4)]
Standards of processing and treatment of solid waste
A. Standards for composting. - The waste processing facilities shall include composting as one
of the technologies for processing of bio degradable waste. In order to prevent pollution from
compost plant, the following shall be complied with namely: -
(a) The incoming organic waste at site shall be stored properly prior to further processing.
To the extent possible, the waste storage area should be covered. If, such storage is done
in an open area, it shall be provided with impermeable base with facility for collection
of leachate and surface water run-off into lined drains leading to a leachate treatment
and disposal facility;
(b) Necessary precaution shall be taken to minimise nuisance of odour, flies, rodents, bird
menace and fire hazard;
(c) In case of breakdown or maintenance of plant, waste intake shall be stopped and
arrangements be worked out for diversion of waste to the temporary processing site or
temporary landfill sites which will be again reprocessed when plant is in order;
(d) Pre-process and post-process rejects shall be removed from the processing facility on
regular basis and shall not be allowed to pile at the site. Recyclables shall be routed
through appropriate vendors. The non-recyclable high calorific fractions to be
segregated and sent to waste to energy or for RDF production, co-processing in cement
plants or to thermal power plants. Only rejects from all processes shall be sent for
sanitary landfill site(s).
(e) The windrow area shall be provided with impermeable base. Such a base shall be made
of concrete or compacted clay of 50 cm thick having permeability coefficient less than
10–7 cm/sec. The base shall be provided with 1 to 2 per cent slope and circled by lined
drains for collection of leachate or surface run-off;
(f) Ambient air quality monitoring shall be regularly carried out. Odour nuisance at down-
wind direction on the boundary of processing plant shall also be checked regularly.
(g) Leachate shall be re-circulated in compost plant for moisture maintenance.
(h) The end product compost shall meet the standards prescribed under Fertilizer Control
Order notified from time to time.
(i) In order to ensure safe application of compost, the following specifications for compost
quality shall be met, namely: -
Phosphate Rich Organic

Organic Compost (FCO Manure
Parameters
2009)
(FCO 2013)
(1) (2) (3)
Arsenic (mg/kg) 10.00 10.00
Cadmium (mg/kg) 5.00 5.00
Chromium (mg/kg) 50.00 50.00
Copper (mg/kg) 300.00 300.00
Lead (mg/kg) 100.00 100.00
Mercury (mg/kg) 0.15 0.15
Nickel (mg/kg) 50.00 50.00
Zinc (mg/kg) 1000.00 1000.00
C/N ratio <20 Less than 20:1
pH 6.5-7.5 (1:5 solution) maximum 6.7
Moisture, percent by weight, 15.0-25.0 25.0

maximum
Bulk density (g/cm3 ) <1.0 Less than 1.6
Total Organic Carbon, per 12.0 7.9
cent by weight, minimum
Total Nitrogen (as N), per 0.8 0.4
cent by weight, minimum
Total Phosphate (as P2 05) 0.4 10.4
percent by weight, minimum
Total Potassium (as K2 0), 0.4 -
percent by weight, minimum
Colour Dark brown to black -
Odour Absence of foul Odor -
Particle size Minimum 90% material Minimum 90% material
should pass through 4.0 should pass through 4.0 mm
mm IS sieve IS sieve
Conductivity (as dsm-1), not 4.0 8.2
more than
* Compost (final product) exceeding the above stated concentration limits shall not be used for
food crops. However, it may be utilized for purposes other than growing food crops.
B. Standards for treated leachates. -The disposal of treated leachates shall meet the following
standards, namely: -
( Mode of Disposal )
Parameter Inland Public Land
S. No
surface water sewers disposal
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1. Suspended solids, mg/l, max 100 600 200
2. Dissolved solids (inorganic) mg/l, max. 2100 2100 2100
3 pH value 5.5 to 9.0 5.5 to 9.0 5.5 to 9.0
4 Ammonical nitrogen (as N), mg/l, max. 50 50 -
5 Total Kjeldahl nitrogen (as N), mg/l, max. 100 - -
6 Biochemical oxygen demand (3 days at
27 0 C) max.(mg/l) 30 350 100
7 Chemical oxygen demand, mg/l, max. 250 - -
8 Arsenic (as As), mg/l, max 0.2 0.2 0.2
9 Mercury (as Hg), mg/l, max 0.01 0.01 -
10 Lead (as Pb), mg/l, max 0.1 1.0 -
11 Cadmium (as Cd), mg/l, max 2.0 1.0 -
12 Total Chromium (as Cr), mg/l, max. 2.0 2.0 -
13 Copper (as Cu), mg/l, max. 3.0 3.0 -
14 Zinc (as Zn), mg/l, max. 5.0 15 -
15 Nickel (as Ni), mg/l, max 3.0 3.0 -
16 Cyanide (as CN), mg/l, max. 0.2 2.0 0.2
17 Chloride (as Cl), mg/l, max. 1000 1000 600
18 Fluoride (as F), mg/l, max 2.0 1.5 -
19 Phenolic compounds (as C 6 H5 OH) mg/l, 1.0 5.0 -
max.
Note: While discharging treated leachates into inland surface waters, quantity of leachates being
discharged and the quantity of dilution water available in the receiving water body shall be given
due consideration.
C. Standards for incineration: The Emission from incinerators /thermal technologies in Solid
Waste treatment/disposal facility shall meet the following standards, namely: -
Parameter Emission standard

(1) (2) (1)
Particulates 50 mg/Nm 3 Standard refers to half hourly average
value
HCl 50 mg/Nm 3 Standard refers to half hourly average
value
SO 2 200 mg/Nm3 Standard refers to half hourly average
value
CO 100 mg/Nm3 Standard refers to half hourly average
value
50 mg/Nm 3 Standard refers to daily average value
Total Organic Carbon 20 mg/Nm 3 Standard refers to half hourly average
value
HF 4 mg/Nm 3 Standard refers to half hourly average
value
NOx (NO and NO 2 400 mg/Nm3 Standard refers to half hourly average
expressed as NO 2 ) value
Total dioxins and furans 0.1 ng TEQ/Nm 3 Standard refers to 6-8 hours sampling.
Please refer guidelines for 17 concerned
congeners for toxic equivalence values
to arrive at total toxic equivalence.
Cd + Th + their 0.05 mg/Nm3 Standard refers to sampling time
compounds anywhere between 30 minutes and 8
hours.
Hg and its compounds 0.05 mg/Nm3 Standard refers to sampling time
anywhere between 30 minutes and 8
hours.
Sb + As + Pb + Cr + Co + 0.5 mg/Nm 3 Standard refers to sampling time
Cu + Mn + Ni + V + their anywhere between 30 minutes and 8
compounds hours.
Note.- All values corrected to 11% oxygen on a dry basis.
Note:
(a) Suitably designed pollution control devices shall be installed or retrofitted with the
incinerator to achieve the above emission limits.
(b) Waste to be incinerated shall not be chemically treated with any chlorinated disinfectants.
(c) Incineration of chlorinated plastics shall be phased out within two years.
(d) If the concentation of toxic metals in incineration ash exceeds the limits specified in the
Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Trans boundary Movement) Rules, 2008,
as amended from time to time, the ash shall be sent to the hazardous waste treatment,
storage and disposal fcaility.
(e) Only low sulphur fuel like LDO, LSHS, Diesel, bio-mass, coal, LNG, CNG, RDF and bio-
gas shall be used as fuel in the incinerator.
(f) The CO2 concentration in tail gas shall not be more than 7%.
(g) All the facilities in twin chamber incinerators shall be designed to achieve a minimum
temperature of 9500 C in secondary combustion chamber and with a gas residence time in
secondary combustion chamber not less than 2 (two) seconds.
(h) Incineration plants shall be operated (combustion chambers) with such temperature,
retention time and turbulence, as to achieve total Organic Carbon (TOC) content in the
slag and bottom ash less than 3%, or the loss on ignition is less than 5% of the dry weight.
(i) Odour from sites shall be managed as per guidelines of CPCB issued from time to time
FORM – I
[see rule 15 (y) 16 (1) (c), 21(3)]
Application for obtaining authorisation under solid waste management rules for
processing/recycling/treatment and disposal of solid waste
To,
The Member Secretary,
State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee, of…....
Sir,
I/We hereby apply for authorisation under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016
for processing, recycling, treatment and disposal of solid waste.
1. Name of the local body/agency appointed by them/

operator of facility
2. Correspondence address
Telephone No.
Fax No. e-mail:
3. Nodal Officer & designation(Officer authorised by the
local body or agency responsible for operation of
processing/ treatment or disposal facility)
4. Authorisation required for setting up and operation of waste
the facility (Please tick mark) processing
recycling
treatment
disposal at landfill
5. Attach copies of the Documents
Site clearance (local body)
Proof of Environmental Clearance
Consent for establishment
Agreement between municipal authority and operating
agency
Investment on the project and expected return
6. Processing/recycling/treatment of solid waste
(i) Total Quantity of waste to be processed per
day
Quantity of waste to be recycled
Quantity of waste to be treated
Quantity of waste to be disposed into landfill
(ii) Utilisation programme for waste processed
(Product utilisation)
(iii) Methodology for disposal (attach details)
Quantity of leachate
Treatment technology for leachate
(iv) Measures to be taken for prevention and
control of environmental pollution
(v) Measures to be taken for safety of workers
working in the plant
(vi) Details on solid waste processing/
recycling/treatment/disposal facility (to be
attached)
7. Disposal of solid waste
Number of sites identified
Quantity of waste to be disposed per day
Details of methodology or criteria followed for site
selection (attach)
Details of existing site under operation
Methodology and operational details of landfilling
Measures taken to check environmental pollution
8 Any other information.
Date: Signature:
Place: Designation
Form- II
[see rule 16 (1) (e)]
Format for issue of authorization

File No.:
Dated:
Authorisation No. _______________
To
Ref: Your application number _dt.
The State Pollution Control Board/Pollution Control Committee after

examining the proposal hereby authorises
_ having administrative office at
_to set up and operate waste processing/recycling/ treatment/disposal
facility at _________________________________________
The authorisation is hereby granted to operate the facility for processing, recycling, treatment and
disposal of solid waste.
The authorisation is subject to the terms and conditions stated below and such conditions as may be
otherwise specified in these rules and the standards laid down in Schedules I and II under these rules.
The State Pollution Control Board/Pollution Control Committees of the

UT may, at any time, revoke any of the conditions applicable under the
authorisation and shall communicate the same in writing.
Any violation of the provision of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 will attract the penal
provision of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986).
(Member Secretary)
State Pollution Control Board/Pollution Control Committee of the UT
(Signature and designation)
Date:
Place:
Form – III
[see rule 19 (6), 24 (1)]
Format of annual report to be submitted by the operator of facility to the local body
1 Name of the City/Town and State

2 Population
3 Area in sq. kilometers
4 Name & Address of the local body Telephone
No.
Fax No.
E-mail:
5 Name and address of operator of the facility
6 Name of officer in-charge of the facility Phone
No:
Fax No:
E-mail:
7 Number of households in the city/town, Number
of non-residential premises in the city
Number of election/ administrative wards in the
city/town
8 Quantity of Solid waste
Estimated Quantity of solid waste generated in /tpd
the local body area per day in metric tones
Quantity of solid waste collected per day /tpd
Per capita waste collected per day /gm/day
9 Quantity of solid waste processed /tpd
Quantity of solid waste disposed at landfill /tpd
Status of Solid Waste Management (SWM)
service
Segregation and storage of waste at source
Whether solid waste is stored at source in Yes/No
domestic/commercial/ institutional bins If yes,
Percentage of households practice storage of %
waste at source in domestic bins
Percentage of non-residential premises practice %
storage of waste at source in commercial
/institutional bins
Percentage of households dispose of throw %
solid waste on the streets
Percentage of non-residential premises
dispose of throw solid waste on the streets %
Whether solid waste is stored at source in Yes/No

a segregated form
If yes, Percentage of premises segregating the %
waste at source
Door to Door Collection of solid waste
Whether door to door collection (D2D) of solid Yes/No
waste is being done in the city/town
if yes
Number of wards covered in D2D collection of
waste
No. of households covered
No. of non-residential premises including
commercial establishments, hotels, restaurants
educational institutions/ offices etc covered
Percentage of residential and non-residential
premises covered in door to door collection
through:
%
Motorized vehicle
%
Containerized tricycle/handcart
%
Other device
If not, method of primary collection adopted
Sweeping of streets
Length of roads, streets, lanes, bye-lanes in the km
city that need to be cleaned

Frequency of street sweepings and percentage frequency Daily Alter Twice a Occa
of population covered nate week sional
days ly
% of
population
covered
Tools used
Manual sweeping %
Mechanical sweeping %
Whether long handle broom used by sanitation Yes/No
workers
Whether each sanitation worker is given Yes/No
handcart/tricycle for collection of waste
Whether handcart / tricycle is containerized Yes/No
Whether the collection tool synchronizes with Yes/No
collection/ waste storage containers utilized
Secondary Waste Storage facilities
No. and type of waste storage depots in the No. Capacity in m3
city/town
Open waste storage sites Masonry bins
Cement concrete cylinder bins Dhalao/covered
rooms/space Covered metal/plastic containers
Upto 1.1 m3 bins
2 to 5 m3 bins
Above 5m3 containers
Bin-less city
Bin/ population ratio
Ward wise details of waste storage depots
(attach):
Ward No:
Area:
Population:
No. of bins placed
Total volume of bins placed
Total storage capacity of waste storage facilities
in cubic meters
Total waste actually stored at the waste storage
depots daily
Give frequency of collection of waste from the Frequency No. of bins
depots Daily
Alternate day
Twice a week
Once a week
Occasionally
Whether storage depots have facility for storage Yes/ No
of segregated waste in green, blue and black (if yes, add details)
bins
No. of green bins:
No. of blue bins:

No. of black bins:
Whether lifting of solid waste from storage (%) of Manual Lifting of
depots is manual or mechanical. Give SOLID WASTE %
percentage
(%) of Mechanical lifting %
If mechanical – specify the method used front-end loaders/ Top loaders
Whether solid waste is lifted from door to door Yes/ No
and transported to treatment plant directly in a
segregated form
Waste Transportation per day No. Trips made waste transported
Type and Number of vehicles used (pl tick
or add)
Animal cart
Tractors
Non tipping Truck
Tipping Truck
Dumper Placers
Refuse collectors
Compactors
Others
JCB/loader
Frequency of transportation of waste Frequency Daily (%) of waste
Alternate day Twice transported
a week Once a week
Occasionally
Quantity of waste transported each day /tpd
Percentage of total waste transported daily %
Waste Treatment Technologies used
Whether solid waste is processed Yes/No
If yes, Quantity of waste processed daily /tpd
Land(s) available with the local body for waste
processing (in Hectares)
Land currently utilized for waste processing
Solid waste processing facilities in operation
Solid waste processing facilities under
construction
Distance of processing facilities from city/town
boundary
Details of technologies adopted
Composting, Qty. raw material processed
Qty. final product produced
Qty. sold
Qty. of residual waste landfilled
Vermi composting Qty. raw material processed
Qty. sold
Bio-methanation Qty. raw material processed

Qty. sold
Refuse Derived Fuel Qty. raw material processed
Qty. sold
Waste to Energy technology such as Qty. raw material processed
incineration, gasification, pyrolysis or any other Qty. final product produced
technology ( give detail)
Qty. sold
Co-processing Qty. raw material processed
Combustible waste supplied to cement plant

Combustible waste supplied to solid waste
based power plants
Others Qty.
Solid waste disposal facilities
No. of dumpsites sites available with the local
body
No. of sanitary landfill sites available with the
local body
Area of each such sites available for waste
disposal
Area of land currently used for waste disposal
Distance of dumpsite/landfill facility from kms
city/town
Distance from the nearest habitation kms
Distance from water body kms
Distance from state/national highway kms
Distance from Airport kms
Distance from important religious places or kms
historical monument
Whether it falls in flood prone area Yes/No
Whether it falls in earthquake fault line area Yes/No
Quantity of waste landfilled each day tpd
Whether landfill site is fenced Yes/No
Whether lighting facility is available on site Yes/No
Whether Weigh bridge facility available Yes/No
Vehicles and equipments used at landfill Bulldozer, Compacters etc. available
(specify)
Manpower deployed at landfill site Yes/No (if yes, attach details)
Whether covering is done on daily basis Yes/No
If not, frequency of covering the waste
deposited at the landfill
Cover material used
Whether adequate covering material is available Yes/No
Provisions for gas venting provided Yes/No, (if yes, attach technical data sheet)
Provision for leachate collection Yes/No, (if yes, attach technical data sheet)
10 Whether an Action Plan has been prepared for Yes/No
improving solid waste management practices in (if Yes attach Action Plan details)
the city
11 What separate provisions are made for: Dairy Attach details on Proposals,
related activities: Steps taken, Yes/No Yes/No
Slaughter houses waste: Yes/No
C&D waste (construction debris) :
12 Details of Post Closure Plan Attach Plan
13 How many slums are identified and whether Yes/ No
these are provided with Solid Waste (if Yes, attach details)
Management facilities :
14 Give details of manpower deployed for
collection including street sweeping, secondary
storage, transportation, processing and disposal
of waste
15 Mention briefly, the difficulties being
experienced by the local body in complying
with provisions of these rules
16 Mention briefly, if any innovative idea is
implemented to tackle a problem related to solid
waste, which could be replicated by other local
bodies.
Signature of Operator
Dated:
Place:
Form – IV
[see rules 15(za), 24(2)]
Format for annual report on solid waste management to be submitted by the local body
CALENDAR YEAR: DATE OF SUBMISSION OF REPORT:
1 Name of the City/Town and State

2 Population
3 Area in sq. kilometers
4 Name & Address of the local body Telephone
No.
Fax No.
E-mail:
5 Name of officer in-charge dealing with solid
waste management (SOLID WASTEM)
Phone No:
Fax No:
E-mail:
6 Number of households in the city/town, Number
of non-residential premises in the city
Number of election/ administrative wards in the
city/town
7 Quantity of Solid waste (solid waste)
Estimated Quantity of solid waste generated in /tpd
the local body area per day in metric tones
Quantity of solid waste collected per day /tpd
Per capita waste collected per day /gm/day
Quantity of solid waste processed /tpd
Quantity of solid waste disposed at /tpd
dumpsite/landfill
8 Status of Solid Waste Management service
Segregation and storage of waste at source
Whether SOLID WASTE is stored at source in Yes/No
domestic/commercial/ institutional bins, If yes,
Percentage of households practice storage of %
waste at source in domestic bins
Percentage of non-residential premises practice %
storage of waste at source in commercial
/institutional bins
Percentage of households dispose or throw solid %
waste on the streets
Percentage of non-residential premises dispose
of throw solid waste on the streets %
Whether solid waste is stored at source in a Yes/No

segregated form, If yes,
Percentage of premises segregating the waste at %

source
Door to Door Collection of solid waste
Whether door to door collection (D2D) of solid Yes/No
waste is being done in the city/town
if yes
Number of wards covered in D2D collection of
waste
No. of households covered
No. of non-residential premises including
commercial establishments, hotels, restaurants
educational institutions/ offices etc covered
Percentage of residential and non-residential
premises covered in door to door collection
through:
Motorized vehicle Containerized %
tricycle/handcart %
Other device %
If not, method of primary collection adopted
Sweeping of streets
Length of roads, streets, lanes, bye-lanes in the km
city that need to be cleaned
Frequency of street sweepings and percentage Frequency Daily Altern Twice Occasi
of population covered ate a week onally
days
% of
population
covered
Tools used
Manual sweeping %
Mechanical sweeping %
Whether long handle broom used by sanitation Yes/No
workers
Whether each sanitation worker is given Yes/No
handcart/tricycle for collection of waste
Whether handcart / tricycle is containerized Yes/No
Whether the collection tool synchronizes with Yes/No
collection/ waste storage containers utilized
Secondary Waste Storage facilities
No. and type of waste storage depots in the No. Capacity in m3
city/town
Open waste storage sites Masonry bins
Cement concrete cylinder bins
Dhalao/covered rooms/space Covered
metal/plastic containers Upto 1.1 m3 bins
2 to 5 m3 bins
Above 5m3 containers
Bin-less city
Bin/ population ratio
Ward wise details of waste storage depots

(attach):
Ward No:
Area:
Population:
No. of bins placed
Total volume of bins placed
Total storage capacity of waste storage facilities
in cubic meters
Total waste actually stored at the waste storage
depots daily
Give frequency of collection of waste from the Frequency No. of bins
depots Daily
Alternate day
Twice a week
Once a week
Occasionally
Whether storage depots have facility for storage Yes/ No
of segregated waste in green, blue and black (if yes, add details)
bins
No. of green bins:
No. of blue bins:
No. of black bins:
Whether lifting of solid waste from storage
depots is manual or mechanical. Give
percentage
(%) of Manual Lifting of solid waste %
(%) of Mechanical lifting %
If mechanical – specify the method used front-end loaders/ Top loaders
Whether solid waste is lifted from door to door Yes/ No
and transported to treatment plant directly in a
segregated form
Waste Transportation per day No. Trips made waste transported
Type and Number of vehicles used (pl tick
or add)
Animal cart
Tractors
Non tipping Truck
Tipping Truck
Dumper Placers
Refuse collectors
Compactors
Others
JCB/loader
Frequency of transportation of waste Frequency Daily (%) of waste
Alternate day Twice transported
a week Once a week
Occasionally
Quantity of waste transported each day /tpd
Percentage of total waste transported daily %
Waste Treatment Technologies used

Whether solid waste is processed Yes/No
If yes, Quantity of waste processed daily /tpd
Whether treatment is done by local body or
through an agency
Land(s) available with the local body for waste
processing (in Hectares)
Land currently utilized for waste processing
Solid waste processing facilities in operation
Solid waste processing facilities under
construction
Distance of processing facilities from city/town
boundary
Details of technologies adopted
Composting, Qty. raw material processed
Qty. sold
Vermi composting Qty. raw material processed
Qty. sold
Bio-methanation Qty. raw material processed
Qty. sold
Refuse Derived Fuel Qty. raw material processed
Qty. sold
Waste to Energy technology such as Qty. raw material processed
incineration, gasification, pyrolysis or any other Qty. final product produced
technology ( give detail)
Qty. sold
Co-processing Qty. raw material processed
Combustible waste supplied to cement plant

Combustible waste supplied to solid waste
based power plants
Others Qty.
Solid waste disposal facilities
No. of dumpsites sites available with the local
body
No. of sanitary landfill sites available with the
local body
Area of each such sites available for waste
disposal
Area of land currently used for waste disposal
Distance of dumpsite/landfill facility from kms

city/town
Distance from the nearest habitation kms
Distance from water body kms
Distance from state/national highway kms
Distance from Airport kms
Distance from important religious places or kms
historical monument
Whether it falls in flood prone area Yes/No
Whether it falls in earthquake fault line area Yes/No
Quantity of waste landfilled each day tpd
Whether landfill site is fenced Yes/No
Whether Lighting facility is available on site Yes/No
Whether Weigh bridge facility available Yes/No
Vehicles and equipments used at landfill Bulldozer, Compacters etc. available
(specify)
Manpower deployed at landfill site Yes/No (if yes, attach details)
Whether covering is done on daily basis Yes/No

If not, Frequency of covering the waste
deposited at the landfill
Cover material used
Whether adequate covering material is available Yes/No
Provisions for gas venting provided Yes/No, (if yes, attach technical data sheet)
Provision for leachate collection Yes/No, (if yes, attach technical data sheet)
Whether an Action Plan has been prepared for Yes/No
improving solid waste management practices in (if Yes attach Action Plan details)
9 the city
10 What separate provisions are made for: Attach details on Proposals,
Steps taken,
Dairy related activities: Yes/No
Slaughter houses waste: Yes/No
C&D waste (construction debris) : Yes/No
11 Details of Post Closure Plan Attach Plan
12 How many slums are identified and whether Yes/ No
these are provided with Solid Waste (if Yes, attach details)
Management facilities :
13 Give details of
Local body’s own manpower deployed for
collection including street sweeping, secondary
storage, transportation, processing and disposal
of waste
14 Give details of:
Contractor/ concessionaire’s manpower
deployed for collection including street
sweeping, secondary storage, transportation,
processing and disposal of waste
15 Mention briefly, the difficulties being
experienced by the local body in complying
with provisions of these rules
16 Mention briefly, if any innovative idea is

implemented to tackle a problem related to solid
waste, which could be replicated by other local
bodies.
Signature of CEO/Municipal Commissioner/

Executive Officer/Chief Officer
Dated:
Place:
Form – V
[see rule 24(3)]
Format of annual report to be submitted by the State Pollution Control Board Or Pollution
Control Committee to the Central Pollution Control Board
PART-A
To,
The Chairman
Central Pollution Control Board
Parivesh Bhawan,
East Arjun Nagar, Delhi- 110 0032
1. Name of the State/Union territory :

2. Name & address of the State Pollution Control :
3. Number of local bodies responsible for :
management of solid waste in the State/Union
territory under these rules
4. No. of authorisation application Received :
5. A Summary Statement on progress made by : Please attach as Annexure-I
local body in respect of solid waste
management
6. A Summary Statement on progress made by : Please attach as Annexure-II
local bodies in respect of waste collection,
segregation, transportation and disposal
7. A summary statement on progress made by : Please attach as Annexure-III
local bodies in respect of implementation of
Schedule II
Date: ……………………. Chairman or the Member Secretary

Place: ………………….. State Pollution Control Board/ Pollution
Control Committee
PART B
Towns/cities
Total number of towns/cities
Total number of ULBs
Number of class I & class II cities/towns
Authorisation status (names/number)

Number of applications received
Number of authorisations granted
Authorisations under scrutiny
SOLID WASTE Generation status

Solid waste generation in the state (TPD)
collected
treated
landfilled
Compliance to Schedule I of SW Rules (Number/names of towns/capacity)

Good practices in cities/towns
House-to-house collection
Segregation
Storage
Covered transportation
Processing of SW (Number/names of towns/capacity)

Solid Waste processing facilities setup:
Sl. No. Composting Vermi-composting Biogas RDF/Pelletization
Processing facility operational:
Sl. Composting Vermi-composting Biogas RDF/Pelletization

No.
Processing facility under installation/planned:
Sl. No. Composting Vermi-composting Biogas RDF/Pelletisation
Waste-to-Energy Plants: (Number/names of towns/capacity)
Sl. No. Plant Location Status of Operation Power generation (MW) Remarks
Disposal of solid waste (number/names of towns/capacity):

Landfill sites identified
Landfill constructed
Landfill under construction
Landfill in operation
Landfill exhausted
Landfilled capped
Solid Waste Dumpsites (number/names of towns/capacity):
Total number of existing dumpsites
Dumpsites reclaimed/capped
Dumpsites converted to sanitary landfill
Monitoring at Waste processing/Landfills sites
Leachate Compost
Sl. No. Name of facilities Ambient air Groundwater VOCs
quality quality
1.
2.
3.
Status of Action Plan prepared by Municipalities

Total number of municipalities:
Number of Action Plan submitted:
Form – VI
[see rule 25]
Accident Reporting
1. Date and time of accident :

2. Sequence of events leading to accident :
3. The waste involved in accident :
4. Assessment of the effects of the accidents :
on human health and the environment
5. Emergency measures taken :
6. Steps taken to alleviate the effects of :
accidents
7. Steps taken to prevent the recurrence of :
such an accident
Date: …………… Signature:….…………………
Place: …………… Designation: ……………………
[F. No. 18-3/2004-HSMD]

BISHWANATH SINHA, Jt. Secy.

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THE SOLID WASTE

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

1. Short title and commencement. –

3. Definitions – (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -

1. “aerobic composting” means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition

organisms into simpler stable compounds;

37. “redevelopment” means rebuilding of old residential or commercial buildings at the

4. Duties of waste generators. - (1) Every waste generator shall, -

in the bye-laws of the local bodies.

1) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

12) Two subject experts

7. Duties of Department of Fertilisers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers. - (1) The

(a) provide market development assistance on city compost; and

(a) facilitate infrastructure creation for waste to energy plants; and

13. Duties of the Secretary–in-charge of Village Panchayats or Rural Development

Time limit from

hazardous and inert solid wastes at source ,

Sl. No Designation Member

14. One representative from a body representing Industries at the Member

(A) Criteria for site selection. –

(B) Criteria for development of facilities at the sanitary landfills. –

be provided. The wastewater so generated shall be treated to meet the prescribed

(E) Criteria for water quality monitoring. –

IS 10500:2012, Edition 2.2(2003-09)

(F) Criteria for ambient air quality monitoring. –

Phosphate Rich Organic

Moisture, percent by weight, 15.0-25.0 25.0

Parameter Emission standard

1. Name of the local body/agency appointed by them/

Format for issue of authorization

Ref: Your application number _dt.

The State Pollution Control Board/Pollution Control Committee after

The State Pollution Control Board/Pollution Control Committees of the

1 Name of the City/Town and State

Whether solid waste is stored at source in Yes/No

city that need to be cleaned

No. of blue bins:

Qty. final product produced

Combustible waste supplied to cement plant

CALENDAR YEAR: DATE OF SUBMISSION OF REPORT:

1 Name of the City/Town and State

Whether solid waste is stored at source in a Yes/No

Percentage of premises segregating the waste at %

Ward wise details of waste storage depots

Waste Treatment Technologies used

Combustible waste supplied to cement plant

Distance of dumpsite/landfill facility from kms

Whether covering is done on daily basis Yes/No

16 Mention briefly, if any innovative idea is

Signature of CEO/Municipal Commissioner/

1. Name of the State/Union territory :

Date: ……………………. Chairman or the Member Secretary

Authorisation status (names/number)

SOLID WASTE Generation status

Compliance to Schedule I of SW Rules (Number/names of towns/capacity)

Processing of SW (Number/names of towns/capacity)

Sl. No. Composting Vermi-composting Biogas RDF/Pelletization

Processing facility operational:

Sl. Composting Vermi-composting Biogas RDF/Pelletization