 bill no 49 of  2016 the waste management bill, 2016 by shri konda vishweshwar reddy, mp a billto provide for the segregation and re-cycle of municipal solid waste; use of re-cyclable waste in waste-energy plants for generation of energy and transportation of non-re-cyclable waste into landfills and for matters connected therewithbe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the waste management act, 2016 (2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement5(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;5(b) "large manufacturing facility" means any manufacturing facility with an investment of more than rupees thirty crore;(c) "municipal authority" means municipal corporation, municipality, nagar palika, nagar nigam, nagar panchayat, municipal council including notified area committee (nac) or any other local body constituted under the relevant statutes and entrusted with the responsibility management and handling of municipal solid waste;10(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; (e) "segregation" means separation of municipal solid wastes into organic, inorganic, re-cyclable and hazardous wastes;(f) "waste-energy plants" means plants where waste is treated using different techniques to produce any form of energy; and15(g) "waste generating unit" means any entity, household or and large manufacturing facility where waste is generated and which require waste disposal 3 (1) it shall be the duty of every waste generating unit to segregate waste before its disposalduty of waste generating unit and large manufacturing facility20(2) in case of large manufacturing facility the owner or the in-charge of the facility shall, as the case may be—(a) ensure that the waste is segregated, re-used and re-cycled at source; and (b) undertake transportation of re-cyclable waste to waste-energy plants and the non-re-cyclable waste to the notified landfills,  as the case may be25(3) the waste generating units shall be liable to pay for the waste generated by them that is sent to the landfills on the basis of the weight of the waste4 it shall be the duty of the municipal authority to—(a) ensure collection of segregated waste from the waste generating units;duty of the municipal authority30(b) ensure that the segregated waste collected and transported is not mixed with any other waste or any material, to the extent that mixing would hamper its re-use, re-cycle, further treatment or its use in waste to energy plant;(c) undertake treatment of organic waste through bio-degradation such as vermin composting, mechanical composting by window method or any other suitable method as approved by the central pollution control board or the state pollution control board, as the case may be; and35| (                                                                                         | d                                                                               ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| penalty                                                                                  |                                                                                 || 5                                                                                        | whoever violates the provisions of this act shall be punished with imprisonment || for a term which may extend up to six months and fine which may extend up to ten thousand |                                                                                 || rupees                                                                                   |                                                                                 |406 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide requisite sums to the state governments for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide requisite sums7 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law, for the time being in forceact not in derogation of any other lawpower to make rules8 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act510(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsa large amount of waste is generated in our country every day it is estimated that on an average 01 million tonnes of municipal solid waste is generated every day, resulting in approximately 365 million tonnes annuallythe waste in majority is composed of plastics, metals, paper, food, glass, etc presently, majority of the waste is sent to the landfills with only a portion being used in waste-energy plants or re-cycled or reused this has an impact on both the environment and the economy the huge amount of waste in the landfills causes smouldering releasing large amounts of harmful methane gas in the air the landfills not only mar the beauty of a city but can also be the breeding grounds for diseases waste can instead be used as an alternative to the depleting fossil fuels which would, in turn, help in keeping the environment safe and cleanthe economic impact of effective waste management techniques employed either by the municipal corporations or by the aid of private organizations, has been observed in different cities for example, in pune, the re-cyclable or reusable goods are sold by the waste pickers earning them extra income in chennai, the waste is used in a biogas plant to generate electricity proper handling and disposal of municipal waste could result in generating employment and serve as an opportunity for entrepreneurs in the waste-energy sectorthe bill seeks to ensure that the waste from landfills is recycled, reused or used as input to waste-energy projects by making it as a law, the government can ensure that the citizens of the country are duty bound to contribute towards cleanliness and also effective waste management would become a contributing part of the economyhence this billkonda vishweshwar reddyfebruary 9, 2016 financial  memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for certain steps to be taken by the municipal authorities for collection of segregated municipal solid waste, transportation of re-cyclable waste to waste-energy plants and non-recyclable wastes to the notified landfills clause 6 provides that the central government shall provide adequate funds for carrying out the purposes of this act the bill, therefore, if enacted would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore per annum would be involved form the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees two hundred crores is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for the segregation and re-cycle of municipal solid waste; use of re-cyclable waste in waste-energy plants for generation of energy and transportation of non-recyclable waste into landfills and for matters connected therewith————(dr konda vishweshwar reddy, mp)gmgipmrnd—4305ls(s3)—01032016