Mains Paper II · 4 Environment & Ecology · 4.6 Solid and hazardous waste management

4.6.5 Biomedical, hazardous, battery and construction and demolition waste rules

Four special waste streams have their own rules under the EP Act: bio-medical waste (colour-coded segregation), hazardous and other wastes (a hierarchy and import control), batteries (EPR, 2022) and construction and demolition debris (2016).

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Key terms

  • Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 2016
  • colour coding
  • yellow red white blue
  • autoclave
  • Hazardous and Other Wastes Rules 2016
  • Battery Waste Management Rules 2022
  • C&D Waste Rules 2016
  • Basel
  • Rotterdam
  • Stockholm
  • Minamata
  • Hong Kong Convention

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