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NEW DELHI, 30 Mar:<\/strong> The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, which mandate four-stream segregation of waste into wet, dry, sanitary and special care waste, will come into effect from 1 April, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.<\/p>\n The information was shared by union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, in response to a written question.<\/p>\n Notified on 27 January, the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, supersede the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.<\/p>\n “The revised rules, which shall come into effect from 1 April, integrate the principles of circular economy and extended producer responsibility, with a specific focus on efficient waste segregation and management,” Singh said.<\/p>\n The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, mandate four-stream segregation of solid waste at source into wet waste, dry waste, sanitary waste and special care waste, and prescribe a clear definition of bulk waste generators who have a mandate to fulfil extended bulk waste generator responsibility to ensure that the waste generated is collected, transported and processed in an environmentally sound manner.<\/p>\n \u00a0“The rules also operationalise online tracking and monitoring of all stages of solid waste management through a centralised online portal, including collection, transportation, processing and disposal,” Singh said.<\/p>\n The rules also prescribe specific roles and responsibilities for urban and rural local bodies, state and UT governments and the ministries concerned.<\/p>\n “The rules prescribe an increase in the fuel substitution rate from the current 5 percent to 15 percent over six years for industrial units, including cement plants and waste-to-energy plants for the use of refuse-derived fuel (RDF).<\/p>\n “To facilitate faster allocation of land for solid waste processing and disposal facilities, graded criteria for development have been prescribed in the rules.<\/p>\n “Further, the solid waste processing and disposal facilities have been mandated for online submission of reports. Waste processing facilities have also been subjected to audit under the rules.<\/p>\n “The rules also mandate development and implementation of a time-bound action plan for remediation of legacy waste and further strengthening of restrictions on landfilling of solid waste,” the minister said.<\/p>\n Special provisions for solid waste management in hilly areas and islands have also been included. A provision for the levy of environmental compensation based on the ‘polluter pays’ principle has been provided, Singh said.<\/p>\n The rules also prescribe the constitution of central and state-level committees for their effective implementation.<\/p>\n The Central Pollution Control Board has constituted the Central Implementation Committee for effective implementation of the rules, Singh said. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW DELHI, 30 Mar: The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, which mandate four-stream segregation of waste into wet, dry, sanitary and special care waste, will come into effect from 1 April, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. The information was shared by union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-280484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280485,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280484\/revisions\/280485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}