Hazardous and Other Waste (Management & Trans-boundary Movement) Rules, 2016

Hazardous and Other Waste (Management & Trans-boundary Movement) Rules, 2016 were notified to ensure environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes.

Salient Features: The scope of the rules has been expanded as compared to the previous rules.

• It establishes a Waste management hierarchy in the sequence of priority as – prevention, minimization, reuse, recycling, recovery, co-processing; and safe disposal being incorporated.
• The process of import/export of waste under the rules has been streamlined by simplifying the procedure and by revising the list of waste regulated for import/ export.
• The import of metal scrap, paper waste and various categories of electrical and electronic equipment for re-use ....