Experts say Kerala is ready to implement new Solid Waste Management Rules, enhancing waste segregation and management ...

From mandatory four-way segregation to landfill disincentives and industry fuel mandates, the new solid waste management ...

The rules prescribe an increase in the fuel substitution rate from current 5 % to 15 % over a six year period for industrial units, including cement plants and waste-to-energy plants for use of Refuse ...

Bengaluru: In a renewed push to enforce waste management norms, Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Ltd (BSWML) has intensified ...

Integrating the principles of circular economy and extended producer responsibility, the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 shall come into effect from April 1 with a specific focus on ...

Ludhiana: New solid waste management mandates requiring large-scale residential and commercial hubs to process their own ...

A woman segregates plastic waste gathered from garbage dumps for recycling, at a scrapyard on the outskirts of Bengaluru in September 2024. | AFP India’s environment ministry notified the new solid ...

Thanks to new guidelines, waste management in India will shift toward a circular economy, embedding extended producer responsibility and ‘polluter pays’ principle into the waste governance structure.

Poor waste management and lack of basic sanitation has become a curse for cities throughout the Indian subcontinent, to the extent that it significantly affects the quality and expectancy of ...

The predecessor of the new rules, that came into effect in 2016, suffered due to poor implementation. Find out what the new ...

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India notified the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 ...