Disposal of Hazardous Waste

Disposal of Hazardous Waste

Under the Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008, there is a provision for utilization of hazardous wastes as supplementary resource or for energy recovery by the units.             The guidelines on various aspects of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes have been published from time to time. Guidelines for co-processing of hazardous wastes in cement, power and steel industries are some of them.             As per the information furnished by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the amount of hazardous waste generated in the country is about 7.90 million tonnes per annum. Maharashtra (22.84%), Gujarat (22.68%) and Andhra Pradesh (13.75%) are the top three hazardous waste generating States in the country followed by Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.  These seven states together are generating about 82% of the country’s total hazardous wastes.             There are 17 integrated Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) having both incineration and secured landfill facilities, 13 TSDFs having only secured landfill facilities (SLFs) and 08 facilities having only common incineration facilities which are presently operational in the country. The state-wise details of these facilities are as given below: S. No. Name of State/UT Integrated TSDFs Secured Landfill Facilities (SLFs) Common Incineration Facilities 1. Andhra Pradesh 02 - - 2. Gujarat 04 04 01 3. Haryana 01 - - 4. Himachal Pradesh - 01 - 5. Karnataka - 01 05 6. Kerala - 01 - 7. Madhya Pradesh 01 - - 8. Maharashtra 03 01 - 9. Orissa - 01 - 10. Punjab - 01 - 11. Rajasthan - 02 01 12. Tamilnadu 01 - - 13. Uttar Pradesh 02 01 01 14. Uttarakhand 01 - - 15. West Bengal 01 - - 16. Daman, Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli 01 - - Total 17 13 08 RM/RS (Release ID :96056)