Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008.

These Rules provide for the proper management and handling of hazardous waste by regulating the collection, reception, treatment, storage and disposal of "hazardous wastes", which means categories of wastes specified in the Schedules attached to these Rules. They shall not apply to waste-water and exhaust gases, wastes arising out of the operation from ships beyond five kilometres, radioactive wastes, bio-medical wastes and municipal solid wastes as covered under the provisions of their respective rules.
Hazardous wastes shall be collected, treated, stored, disposed of, recycled, reprocessed only in such facilities as may be authorized for this purpose. As per these Rules, only the actual users who are having environmentally sound recycling facilities are granted registration by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for the purpose of recycling such waste. Application forms for the grant of registration are given in the Schedules attached to the Rules.
Other provisions of these Rules regulate the following: import and export of hazardous waste; treatment, storage and disposal facilities for hazardous waste; packaging, labelling and transport of hazardous wastes; accident reporting and follow-up; etc.