I hope you must have thoroughly
read my earlier posts on #SolidWasteManagement
and I expect we are now on the same page. Before we move further, I would like
to share a piece from Daily Excelsior (a popular newspaper published in #JammuAndKashmir), dated 22 November
2018 - SWM-Bye Laws.
The division bench of state high court
has directed the state govt. to frame model #SolidWasteManagement Bye-laws within a period of six weeks and make
sure it is adhered by all local bodies strictly.
First let us understand what #SWM
2016 rules are. As a citizen of this country it is our primary responsibility
to be aware of the rules which are being taken by the govt. for the betterment
of the society. The following points 2,3,5,6,7 and10 are must for households
and residential colonies. Point 13 is for street vendors and points 16,17,18 are for product companies to incorporate such practices in which they create
awareness about #SWM and take back the used articles for reuse or recycle.
-The Rules are now applicable beyond Municipal areas and
extend to urban agglomerations, census towns, notified industrial townships,
areas under the control of Indian Railways, airports, airbase, Port and harbor, defence establishments, special economic zones, State and Central government
organizations, places of pilgrims, religious & historical importance.
The source segregation of waste has been
mandated to channelize the waste to wealth by recovery, reuse and recycle.
- Responsibilities
of Generators have been introduced to segregate waste in to three streams, Wet
(Biodegradable), Dry (Plastic, Paper, metal, wood, etc.) and domestic
hazardous wastes (diapers, napkins, empty containers of cleaning agents, mosquito
repellents, etc.) and handover segregated wastes to authorized
rag-pickers or waste collectors or local bodies. Here we as an individual can
help achieve this step.
-Integration of waste pickers/ ragpickers and waste dealers/Kabadiwalas
in the formal system should be done by State Governments, and Self Help Groups,
or any other group to be formed.
-No person should throw, burn,
or bury the solid waste generated by him, on streets, open public spaces
outside his premises, or in the drain, or water bodies.
-Generator will have to pay ‘User Fee’ to waste collector and for ‘Spot Fine’ for
Littering and Non-segregation.
-Used sanitary waste like diapers, sanitary pads should be
wrapped securely in pouches provided by manufacturers or brand owners of these
products or in a suitable wrapping material and shall place the same in the bin
meant for dry waste / non- bio-degradable waste.
-The concept of partnership in #SwachhBharat has been introduced. Bulk and institutional
generators, market associations, event organizers and hotels and restaurants have been made directly
responsible for segregation and sorting the waste and manage in partnership
with local bodies.
-All hotels and restaurants should segregate #biodegradable waste and set up a system
of collection or follow the system of collection set up by local body to ensure
that such food waste is utilized for #composting
/ #biomethanation.
-All Resident Welfare and market Associations, Gated
communities and institution with an area >5,000 sq. m should segregate
waste at source- in to valuable dry waste like plastic, tin, glass, paper, etc.
and handover recyclable material to either the authorized waste pickers or the
authorized recyclers, or to the urban local body.
-The
bio-degradable waste should be processed, treated and disposed of 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 authority.
-New townships and Group Housing Societies have been made responsible to
develop in-house waste handling, and processing arrangements for bio-degradable
waste.
-Every
street vendor should 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
deposit such waste at waste storage depot or container or vehicle
as notified by the local authority.
-The developers of Special Economic Zone, industrial
estate, industrial park to earmark at least 5% of the total area of the
plot or minimum 5 plots/ sheds for recovery and recycling facility.
-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 the
establishment of waste management system.
-All
such brand owners who sale or market their products in such packaging material
which are non-biodegradable should put in place a system to collect back the
packaging waste generated due to their production.
-Manufacturers or Brand Owners or marketing companies of
sanitary napkins and diapers should 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.
-All such manufacturers, brand owners
or marketing companies should educate the masses for wrapping and disposal of
their products.
-All industrial units using fuel and located within 100 km
from a solid waste based #RDF plant
shall make arrangements within six months from the date of notification of
these rules to replace at least 5 % of their fuel requirement by RDF so
produced.
-Non-recyclable waste having calorific value of 1500
K/cal/kg or more shall not be disposed of on landfills and shall only be
utilized for generating energy either or through refuse derived fuel or
by giving away as feed stock for preparing refuse derived fuel.
-High calorific wastes shall be used for co-processing in
cement or thermal power plants.
-Construction and demolition waste should be stored,
separately disposed off, as per the Construction and Demolition Waste
Management Rules, 2016.
-Horticulture waste and garden waste generated from his
premises should be disposed as per the directions of local authority.
-An event, or gathering organizer of more than 100 persons
at any licensed/ unlicensed place, should ensure segregation of waste at source
and handing over of segregated waste to waste collector or agency, as specified
by local authority.
-Special provision for management of solid waste in hilly
areas- 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. 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 off at this sanitary landfill.
-In case of non-availability of such land, efforts shall
be made to set up regional sanitary landfill for the inert and residual waste.
In my next post, I will write low-cost methods to implement waste segregation at source. Till then drop your views or feedback.
