The SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES 2016 require segregation of waste at SOURCE into:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. The Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 (notified under EPA 1986 on 8 April 2016) replaced the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000.
2. Rule 4 requires every waste generator to:
3. (i) SEGREGATE WASTE AT SOURCE into THREE STREAMS: (a) BIODEGRADABLE (wet/organic — food, kitchen, vegetable, animal); (b) NON-BIODEGRADABLE (dry/recyclable — paper, plastic, metal, glass); (c) DOMESTIC HAZARDOUS / SANITARY (e-waste, paint, hospital waste, etc.);
4. (ii) hand over segregated waste to authorised waste collectors;
5. (iii) refrain from littering;
6. (iv) carry out composting or biomethanation at premises (for hotels, restaurants generating > 100 kg waste / day).
7. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: EPA 1986 / Constitution / International Conventions — Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, Rule 4_
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