A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL CONTROL MECHANISM FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
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Nowadays the world is concerned about the better ecology for tomorrow. This has started to look to the best ways in managing the various kinds of wastes and methods of its disposal. Managing the perishable waste thrown out by the households and others has unfold its importance are nevertheless posing hazardous threat to the human as well as to the floura and fauna. Solid waste is one of the major problem all over the world. Mostly, it is generated in urban areas at a very large extent. Therefore, there needs a strict legislation to control this menace. To curb this menance, world community has made efforts from Stockholm to Johansburg Declaration. In India, the National Environment Policy, 2006 while suggesting measures for controlling various forms of environmental pollution lays emphasis on the need for collection and treatment systems for recycling wastes and devising measures for environmentally safe disposal of residues. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry in the exercise of the powers conferred under Sections 3, 6 and 25 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 has made Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 to regulate the management and handling of solid waste. But, these rules are not much significant for the control of solid waste in one way or others. Generally this paper will critically examine the legal control mechanism for solid waste management and in particular the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.
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