The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, superseding the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. The rules have been notified ...

On April 1, new regulations for Solid Waste Management will kick in, requiring everyone to adopt a four-stream waste segregation system from the outset. For those generating substantial waste, ...

Thanks to new guidelines, waste management in India will shift toward a circular economy, embedding extended producer responsibility and ‘polluter pays’ principle into the waste governance structure.

NEW DELHI: The Union Government has issued the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, which emphasize efficient waste segregation and management, operating on the "polluter pays" principle for ...

Following the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) decision to eliminate the need to transport household waste, six residential colonies have emerged as test cases for decentralising waste management.

Pimpri-Chinchwad: In a major step towards scientific and sustainable waste management, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has introduced a four-way waste segregation system for ...

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is aiming to achieve 100% waste segregation at source by January 2027, according to a submission made by the civic body to the National Green Tribunal (NGT).