Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in India is managed as per:
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Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 only
Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 — mandating source segregation, processing, and reduced landfilling
No regulation exists for MSW in India
IRC:SP:73 Highway Code
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B. Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 — mandating source segregation, processing, and reduced landfilling
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MSW managed under: Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (replacing MSW Rules 2000). Key provisions: segregation at source (wet/dry/hazardous), user fee, waste processing targets (composting, RDF, WtE), no landfilling of untreated waste, extended producer responsibility. Earlier: Ministry of Urban Development, now MoEFCC.
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