13 Environment · 13.6 Urban environment

13.6.6 Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 and 2026: duties of urban local bodies

The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 made every waste generator segregate waste at source and made the urban local body responsible for collection, processing and scientific disposal, with landfill only for inert residue; the SWM Rules, 2026 replaced them from 1 April 2026.

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  • Solid Waste Management Rules 2016
  • Solid Waste Management Rules 2026
  • four-stream segregation
  • EBWGR
  • source segregation
  • bulk waste generator
  • 100 kg per day
  • user fee
  • spot fine
  • bye-laws
  • sanitary landfill
  • Schedule I
  • calorific value 1500 kcal/kg
  • RDF
  • composting
  • bio-methanation
  • legacy dumpsite
  • UDCPR 13.5

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