Section 3 in Municipal Council Una Door-to-Door Garbage Collection and Disposal Bye-laws, 2018
3. Municipal Solid Waste Management.
- The Municipal Council/Nagar Panchayat shall establish an integrated Solid Waste Management (SWM) system with an aim to reduce the amount of waste being disposed, while maximizing resources recovery and efficiency. The preferred waste management system shall focus on the following points, namely. -(i)Reduction and reuse at source. - The most preferred option for Solid Waste Management shall be prevention of waste generation. It will be helpful in reducing the handling, treatment, and disposal costs and specially reduce various environmental impacts such as leachate, air emissions and generation of greenhouse gases.(ii)Waste recycling. - Recovery of recyclable material resources through a process of segregation, collection and re-processing to create new products shall be the next preferred alternative.(iii)Composting. - As far as possible the organic fraction of waste shall be composted and used to improve soil health and agricultural production adhering to norms.(iv)Waste-to-Energy. - Where material recovery from waste is not possible, energy recovery from waste through production of heat, electricity or fuel may be preferred. Bio-methanation, waste incineration, production of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) and co-processing of the sorted dry rejects from municipal solid waste are to be commonly adopted "Waste to Energy" technologies.(v)Waste disposal: Remaining residual waste, which ideally comprises of inerts, shall be disposed in sanitary landfills constructed in accordance with stipulations of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.(vi)The Integrated Solid Waste Management system shall be environment friendly. Waste minimization, waste recycling, waste-to-energy strategies and landfill gas capture and use which are promoted in the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 shall be adopted for reduction of greenhouse gases.Chapter - III Municipal Solid Waste Collection & Transportation
