Solid Waste Management Rules, 2070 (2013).

These Rules, consisting of 27 sections and four Annexes, regulate Solid Waste Generation, Collection, Management and Disposal. They establish that the local body shall conduct programmes for increasing people's awareness in relation to applying appropriate technology for making segregation through reduction of generation of solid waste at its source and management under Sub-Rule (1). In particular, they specify the following issues: Segregation and Management of Solid Waste; Discharge and Management of Solid Waste and Harmful and Chemical Waste; Discharge and Management of Health Institution Related Waste; Transportation and Sanitary Landfill Sites; Management after the Closure of the Sanitary Landfill Site; Licensing, etc. The company, organization or agency wishing for solid waste management, has to apply in the format given in Annex 1, along with the necessary documents and the fee prescribed by the local body in addition to the details mentioned in Section 13 of Sub-Section (2) of the Act, specifying any detail in the application filed to the Local Body. Annexes list all the requirements to be satisfied in order to request and obtain a Licence for Solid Waste Management.