EPR

Waste Authorisations

One of the consequences of incremental industrial growth is the generation of waste. Disposal of waste generated by industries is generally ignored and often went unregulated leading to the environment hazards. Keeping the principle of sustainable development in mind (that development and sustainability should go hand-in-hand) there was a need of a robust system of management of waste was setup. In India, waste management is governed and regulated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) which works in consonance with the respective State Pollution Control Board or Committees set up in various States. Their are various laws and underlying provisions enacted in India which empower the authorities in the regulation of waste in India. One of such policies is The National Environment Policy, 2006 which lays emphasis not only on systematic disposal of the waste but also on recycling and treating of waste generated by the Industries.

Some of the approvals prescribed under the waste management laws of India are as under:

1. Hazardous Waste Management;

2. Bio-Medical Waste Management;

3. Extended Producer Responsibility;

4. E-waste Management;

5. Plastic Waste Management;

6. State Pollution Control Board Consent/NOC

7. Pollution Control Committee Consent/NOC

Bio Medical Waste Authorisation

Biomedical waste Authorisation is required by hospitals, clinics (dental clinics, physicians clinic etc), medical research laboratories, pathology laboratories etc. and generally includes management of waste produced by hospitals, clinics (dental clinics,

Solid Waste Management Authorization

Solid Waste means and includes solid or semi-solid domestic waste, sanitary waste, commercial waste, institutional waste, catering and market waste and other non-residential waste, street sweeping, silt removed or collected from surface drainage, horticul

Battery Waste Management Authorization

Batteries are hard to displace in the modern world due to their entrance into every aspect of human life. There are many heavy metals in these batteries, including cadmium, copper, arsenic, mercury, nickel, or zinc, all of which are hazardous

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a method of determining the possible environmental effects of a proposed project or development, taking into account both beneficial and adverse socio-economic, cultural and human-health impacts.

Hazardous Waste Authorization

As per the rule Hazardous And Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2015 â€œHazardous wasteâ€ means any Waste that, due to characteristics such as physical, chemical, biological, reactive, radioactive, flammable.

E-Waste Authorization

Permission to generate, handle, collect, obtain, store, transport, refurbish, dismantle, recycle, treat and dispose of e-waste, given to manufacturers, dismantlers, refurbishers, and recyclers is called as authorization under E-waste management.