Solid Waste Management Act, 2068 (2011).

This Act, consisting of 10 Chapters, provides for Solid Waste Generation, Collection, and Disposal Management. The local body shall be responsible for the management of solid waste by construction and operation of infrastructure like transfer station, landfill site, processing plant, compost plant, biogas-plant and also collection of waste, final disposal and processing. It specifies all the requirements and correspondant institutional responsibilities to perform the above mentioned activities related to solid waste. Offences and penalties for illegal activity are appended to the text.
The Act provides for the establishment of the Solid Waste Management and Resource Mobilization Centre, defines its composition and specifies its functions and duties which include: undertake basic construction, repair and maintenances works in order to control solid wastes; make available a container service for the purpose of disposing of, keeping, or dumping solid wastes; make appropriate arrangements for transportation of the collected solid wastes to the transit point, the place where solid wastes are finally disposed of; make necessary arrangements for the disposal of solid wastes in a pollution free manner; produce briquettes, compost fertilizer or bio-gas from the collected solid waste; classify harmful solid waste; and conduct or cause to conduct study and research required for management, control, and resource mobilization concerning solid wastes.