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UPSC Key: Safety gaps in charter planes, New Solid Waste Management Rules, and Discombobulator
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Key Points to Ponder:— What are solid waste management rules 2016?
It places stringent onus on bulk generators – which account for 30 per cent of waste – to process solid waste at source.
— Four streams of mandatory segregation at source – wet waste, dry waste, sanitary waste and special care waste – have been defined.
This will cover waste from paper and kitchen waste to sanitary towels and diapers to tube lights, waste batteries.
— A lot of rules regarding caloric requirements for using specific technologies have been laid out in the Solid Waste Management Rules of 2016.