Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.

These Rules, consisting of 24 sections divided into six Chapters, eight Schedules and 12 Forms, regulate the Management and Transboundary Movement of Hazardous and other Wastes. These rules shall apply to the management of hazardous and other wastes as specified in the Schedules, but shall not apply to: a) waste-water and exhaust gases as covered under the provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974) and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981) and the rules made; b) wastes arising out of the operation from ships beyond five km of the relevant baseline as covered under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958) and the rules made thereunder and as amended from time to time; c) radio-active wastes as covered under the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (33 of 1962) and the rules made thereunder and as amended from time to time; d) bio-medical wastes covered under the Bio-Medical Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 made under the Act and as amended from time to time; and e) wastes covered under the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000 made under the Act and as amended from time to time.
Procedure for Management of Hazardous and other Wastes are specified in Chapter 2, specifying that an occupier shall follow the following steps, namely: a) prevention; b) minimization; c) reuse, d) recycling; e) recovery, use, including co-processing; and f) safe disposal. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change shall be the nodal Ministry to deal with any transboundary movement of the hazardous and other wastes in accordance with the provisions of these rules. Procedures for import of hazardous and other wastes are specified in Chapters 3. Treatment, storage and disposal facility for hazardous and other wastes is specified in Chapter 4. Packaging, Labelling and Transport of Hazardous or other wastes is specified in Chapter 5.