Municipal solid waste management: an analysis of current state of affairs in India

Abstract

It’s not the insufficiency but the underlying competency that must be questioned. This article endeavors to align the roles of the Legislature, Judiciary and Executive in ensuring effective management of solid wastes. It dives into the ineffectiveness of existing legal provisions and adherence to unscientific norms for waste disposal. The lacunae of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 becomes traceable by indiscriminate storage and collection of wastes by waste generator and waste collector discussed intermittently throughout this article, besides exhibiting their ignorance by inviting mismanagement at the stake of healthy environment and life.