Solid waste management: SC orders 'massive' awareness drives for bulk generators

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the MCD to start 'massive' awareness drives through advertisements in print, electronic and social media to educate bulk waste generators in the national capital.

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A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said bulk waste generators produced a large quantity of solid waste daily.

"We direct MCD to start massive awareness campaigns about the duties of various stakeholders under Rule 4 of 2016 rules by making advertisements in media both traditional, electronic and social media platforms," the bench said.

The top court said the MCD needed to lay emphasis on the implementation of Rule 4 of the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2016.

The rule says waste generators, including domestic and institutional generators, have the duty to segregate waste into biodegradable, non-biodegradable, and domestic hazardous waste streams, and to hand over the segregated waste to authorised collectors.