INDIA: Waste Generating Industries

There are 36,165 hazardous waste generating industries in the country. 6.2 MT hazardous waste is generated by them every year, of which landfillable waste is 2.7 MT, incinerable 0.41 MT and Recyclable Hazardous Waste is 3.08 MT.

The Ministry of Environment and Forests has notified the Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008, for proper management and handling of hazardous wastes. The recyclable wastes are processed and reused by the industries having a valid authorisation issued by the respective State Pollution Control Board.

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