City rolls out four-way segregation under SWM 2026, but gaps in collection systems, costs, bulk generator rules and worker safety raise concerns as apartments, contractors and officials flag readiness ...
A woman segregates plastic waste gathered from garbage dumps for recycling, at a scrapyard on the outskirts of Bengaluru in September 2024. | AFP India’s environment ministry notified the new solid ...
The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has made four-stream waste segregation mandatory at the source as per the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, notified by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest ...
In a bid to improve the system, the revised Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, have been introduced, replacing the earlier guidelines from 2016. Authorities have directed residents not to dump ...
The central government has revised the waste management system implemented from April 1, requiring all households to segregate their waste into four categories. The earlier two-bin system will now ...