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The Centre has notified new Solid Waste Management Rules mandating four-stream waste segregation and defining responsibilities for bulk waste generators from April 1.

Centre notifies solid waste management rules; applicable from April 1

The Centre has notified new Solid Waste Management Rules mandating four-stream waste segregation and defining responsibilities for bulk waste generators from April 1.

The Centre has notified the new Solid Waste Management Rules under which four-stream segregation of solid waste at source has been made mandatory, and clear responsibilities have been defined for bulk waste generators.
The four categories for segregation are: wet waste, dry waste, sanitary waste and special care waste.
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday said the new rules will come into force from April 1.
Under the new rules, bulk waste generators include entities with a floor area of 20,000 square metres or more, or water consumption of 40,000 litres per day or more, or solid waste generation of 100 kilograms per day or more.
Central and state government departments, local bodies, public sector undertakings, institutions, commercial establishments and residential societies, among others, fall under the category of bulk waste generators.
Such entities must ensure that the waste they generate is collected, transported and processed in an environmentally sound manner, in accordance with the rules.
This provision is expected to significantly reduce the burden on urban local bodies and promote decentralised waste management.
The rules also allow for the levy of user fees on waste generators according to the bylaws of local bodies.
"The revised rules integrate the principles of circular economy and Extended Producer Responsibility, with a specific focus on efficient waste segregation and management," an official statement said.
"The rules provide for the levy of environmental compensation based on the 'Polluter Pays' principle for non-compliance, including cases of operating without registration, false reporting, submission of forged documents or improper solid waste management practices," it added.
The Central Pollution Control Board will prepare the relevant guidelines, while State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees will levy the environmental compensation.

India's urban water crisis could ease if all the wastewater is treated and reused, the report released here on Monday said.

Only 28 per cent Of Urban Wastewater In India Is Treated: Report

India's urban water crisis could ease if all the wastewater is treated and reused, the report released here on Monday said.

A meagre 28 per cent of the urban wastewater and sewage generated in India undergoes treatment while the rest flows directly into rivers, lakes and land, according to a report by the think tank Centre for Science and Environment.
India's urban water crisis could ease if all the wastewater is treated and reused, the report released here on Monday said.
Rajiv Kumar Mital, Director General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), said, "Using and disposing of treated water without harnessing its potential means we are losing out on utilising an important resource. The challenge is to scale up and ensure that the work we do in this sector is impactful." Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director General Sunita Narain said India faces significant water scarcity challenges due to rapid urbanisation, industrial growth, population expansion and, most importantly, climate change.
"Wastewater reuse can be a key part of the strategy to address these concerns and promote water circularity and sustainability." "In fact, there is an opportunity for turning wastewater into water again and this is what our report's title -- Waste to Worth -- is referring to," Sunita Narain added.
The Jal Shakti Ministry has mandated that cities must recycle and reuse at least 20 per cent of the water they consume. Subrata Chakraborty, senior programme manager, water programme, CSE, said, "This is in line with the belief that promoting a circular economy is essential for achieving a sustainable and climate-resilient future and for managing the ever-growing demand for freshwater."
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Editorji News Desk and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Researchers used a new model to estimate the quantity of pandemic-related plastic waste and where it will all end up.

Millions of tons of COVID plastic waste will end up in the oceans, claims new study

A new study now predicts that discarded masks, gloves and face shields will add more than 25,000 tons of plastic waste to the world's oceans.

Masks: Saviour of humans, destroyer of nature?

A new study now predicts that discarded masks, gloves and face shields will add more than 25,000 tons of plastic waste to the world's oceans.

When the world was 'locked-down,' it turned out to be a blessing for the planet as there was no traffic, no construction work and no emission of harmful pollutants. But a new study now predicts that discarded masks, gloves and face shields will add more than 25,000 tons of plastic waste to the world's oceans.
Researchers from the School of Atmospheric Sciences in China and Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California used a new model to estimate the quantity of pandemic-related plastic waste and where it will all end up.
Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/partner/dw/how-will-we-live-together-1636974695245">Climate crisis at a boiling point: Are there alternatives?</a>
The investigators found that, in total, 8 million tons will be produced, with a significant portion of this ocean plastic debris ending up on beaches or the seabed within three to four years. A smaller amount will go into the open ocean, where it will be trapped in the Arctic Ocean.
Most of the global plastic waste entering the ocean is coming from Asia and is hospital waste, the researchers found, using data from the start of the pandemic in 2020 through August 2021.
Amina Schartup, an assistant professor at Scripps Oceanography and co-author of the study said that the biggest sources of excess waste were hospitals in areas already struggling with waste management before the pandemic; they just weren't set up to handle a situation where there is more waste.&nbsp;
Also watch: <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/climate-change-crisis-it-s-only-going-to-get-hotter-1630739162564">Climate Change Crisis: It's only going to get hotter!</a>

We are all aware that waste is one of the biggest environmental problems of our time. And with resources become scarce more&nbsp;than ever, we should definitely not be wasting any more food&nbsp;than we already do.&nbsp;
When it comes to fruits, some like them raw, some like them cooked into desserts and others prefer to juice them up.&nbsp;We eat or juice the meaty parts of the fruit and throw the rest away. But did you know that there are many&nbsp;fruit&nbsp;scraps&nbsp;that offer more nutrition than the fruit itself?&nbsp;&nbsp;
Here&rsquo;s a round-up of five fruit scraps that you need to stop throwing away!&nbsp;&nbsp;
CITRUS PEELS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
You might have heard about this one already but citrus peels are the easiest to reuse. Use the zest from lemons and oranges to add some&nbsp;brightness&nbsp;to your&nbsp;cooking.&nbsp;&nbsp;
PINEAPPLE CORE AND PEEL&nbsp;&nbsp;
This will sound crazy to some but you can reuse the pineapple's core and skin both! The core is full of&nbsp;fibre&nbsp;and a digestion-boosting enzyme called&nbsp;bromelain. Turn your pineapple waste into tepache, a fermented Mexican drink&nbsp;that can be easily made at home.&nbsp;&nbsp;
APPLE CORE&nbsp;&nbsp;
An apple a day keeps the doctor away? But apparently, the bulk of nutritive values in apple is in its seed, according to scientists.&nbsp;The core&nbsp;offers&nbsp;some great bacteria which aids the digestion process. You can use the core to&nbsp;ferment your own&nbsp;apple scrap&nbsp;vinegar&nbsp;with just some sugar and dechlorinated water.&nbsp;
WATERMELON RIND&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Watermelon rinds&nbsp;are rich in vitamins and&nbsp;should never be thrown away! The crunchy rind tastes like cucumber and makes for a great&nbsp;nutritious&nbsp;pickle.&nbsp;You can chop up the rind and just pickle it like you would pickle a cucumber.&nbsp;
KIWI SKIN&nbsp;
If you&rsquo;re peeling kiwis and throwing the skin, you&rsquo;re doing it wrong! Kiwi peels are even higher in&nbsp;fibre, vitamin C and antioxidants than the actual fruit itself. If you don&rsquo;t feel like eating the brown skin, you can throw them into a blender and eat them in your smoothies!&nbsp;
Just like these fruits, there are many others&nbsp;that have surprisingly&nbsp;nutritious scraps. How many of these&nbsp;are you going to start eating now?&nbsp;&nbsp;

Why you need to stop throwing away these fruit scraps!

We are all aware that waste is one of the biggest environmental problems of our time. And with resources become scarce more&nbsp;than ever, we should definitely not be wasting any more food&nbsp;than we already do.&nbsp;
When it comes to fruits, some like them raw, some like them cooked into desserts and others prefer to juice them up.&nbsp;We eat or juice the meaty parts of the fruit and throw the rest away. But did you know that there are many&nbsp;fruit&nbsp;scraps&nbsp;that offer more nutrition than the fruit itself?&nbsp;&nbsp;
Here&rsquo;s a round-up of five fruit scraps that you need to stop throwing away!&nbsp;&nbsp;
CITRUS PEELS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
You might have heard about this one already but citrus peels are the easiest to reuse. Use the zest from lemons and oranges to add some&nbsp;brightness&nbsp;to your&nbsp;cooking.&nbsp;&nbsp;
PINEAPPLE CORE AND PEEL&nbsp;&nbsp;
This will sound crazy to some but you can reuse the pineapple's core and skin both! The core is full of&nbsp;fibre&nbsp;and a digestion-boosting enzyme called&nbsp;bromelain. Turn your pineapple waste into tepache, a fermented Mexican drink&nbsp;that can be easily made at home.&nbsp;&nbsp;
APPLE CORE&nbsp;&nbsp;
An apple a day keeps the doctor away? But apparently, the bulk of nutritive values in apple is in its seed, according to scientists.&nbsp;The core&nbsp;offers&nbsp;some great bacteria which aids the digestion process. You can use the core to&nbsp;ferment your own&nbsp;apple scrap&nbsp;vinegar&nbsp;with just some sugar and dechlorinated water.&nbsp;
WATERMELON RIND&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Watermelon rinds&nbsp;are rich in vitamins and&nbsp;should never be thrown away! The crunchy rind tastes like cucumber and makes for a great&nbsp;nutritious&nbsp;pickle.&nbsp;You can chop up the rind and just pickle it like you would pickle a cucumber.&nbsp;
KIWI SKIN&nbsp;
If you&rsquo;re peeling kiwis and throwing the skin, you&rsquo;re doing it wrong! Kiwi peels are even higher in&nbsp;fibre, vitamin C and antioxidants than the actual fruit itself. If you don&rsquo;t feel like eating the brown skin, you can throw them into a blender and eat them in your smoothies!&nbsp;
Just like these fruits, there are many others&nbsp;that have surprisingly&nbsp;nutritious scraps. How many of these&nbsp;are you going to start eating now?&nbsp;&nbsp;

5 fruit scraps that you need to stop throwing away&nbsp;
CITRUS PEELS&nbsp;
Use zest from citrus fruits to add brightness to your cooking&nbsp;
PINEAPPLE CORE AND PEEL
Turn pineapple waste into a fermented Mexican drink&nbsp;
APPLE CORE
Ferment your own apple scrap vinegar at home with the cores
WATERMELON RIND
Pickle crunchy watermelon&nbsp;rinds like you pickle cucumbers&nbsp;
KIWI SKIN
Rich in nutrient value, add kiwi skin to your smoothies&nbsp;

We are all aware that waste is one of the biggest environmental problems of our time. And with resources become scarce more&nbsp;than ever, we should definitely not be wasting any more food&nbsp;than we already do.&nbsp;
When it comes to fruits, some like them raw, some like them cooked into desserts and others prefer to juice them up.&nbsp;We eat or juice the meaty parts of the fruit and throw the rest away. But did you know that there are many&nbsp;fruit&nbsp;scraps&nbsp;that offer more nutrition than the fruit itself?&nbsp;&nbsp;
Here&rsquo;s a round-up of five fruit scraps that you need to stop throwing away!&nbsp;&nbsp;
CITRUS PEELS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
You might have heard about this one already but citrus peels are the easiest to reuse. Use the zest from lemons and oranges to add some&nbsp;brightness&nbsp;to your&nbsp;cooking.&nbsp;&nbsp;
PINEAPPLE CORE AND PEEL&nbsp;&nbsp;
This will sound crazy to some but you can reuse the pineapple's core and skin both! The core is full of&nbsp;fibre&nbsp;and a digestion-boosting enzyme called&nbsp;bromelain. Turn your pineapple waste into tepache, a fermented Mexican drink&nbsp;that can be easily made at home.&nbsp;&nbsp;
APPLE CORE&nbsp;&nbsp;
An apple a day keeps the doctor away? But apparently, the bulk of nutritive values in apple is in its seed, according to scientists.&nbsp;The core&nbsp;offers&nbsp;some great bacteria which aids the digestion process. You can use the core to&nbsp;ferment your own&nbsp;apple scrap&nbsp;vinegar&nbsp;with just some sugar and dechlorinated water.&nbsp;
WATERMELON RIND&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Watermelon rinds&nbsp;are rich in vitamins and&nbsp;should never be thrown away! The crunchy rind tastes like cucumber and makes for a great&nbsp;nutritious&nbsp;pickle.&nbsp;You can chop up the rind and just pickle it like you would pickle a cucumber.&nbsp;
KIWI SKIN&nbsp;
If you&rsquo;re peeling kiwis and throwing the skin, you&rsquo;re doing it wrong! Kiwi peels are even higher in&nbsp;fibre, vitamin C and antioxidants than the actual fruit itself. If you don&rsquo;t feel like eating the brown skin, you can throw them into a blender and eat them in your smoothies!&nbsp;
Just like these fruits, there are many others&nbsp;that have surprisingly&nbsp;nutritious scraps. How many of these&nbsp;are you going to start eating now?&nbsp;&nbsp;

A staggering 17% of food available to consumers, which is about&nbsp; 931 million tonnes was wasted in 2019, a new report by the United Nations says.
The UN report says&nbsp;majority of the wasted food, that is about 61% came from households, 26% was wasted by the food service industry, while retail contributed to 13% of the wastage.
The report also noted that food wastage is not limited to developed countries like the United States or the United Kingdom.&nbsp;Many countries have not yet quantified their food waste, so they don't understand the magnitude of the problem.
South Asia is no better. In India, 50 kg of food per person per year goes to waste, 82 kg per person is wasted in Afghanistan and 79 kg per person is wasted in Nepal.

17% of food available to consumers in 2019 went to waste: UN

The United Nations Food Waste Index Report 2021 shows that nearly 17% of all food available to people in 2019 went into dustbins

A staggering 17% of food available to consumers, which is about&nbsp; 931 million tonnes was wasted in 2019, a new report by the United Nations says.
The UN report says&nbsp;majority of the wasted food, that is about 61% came from households, 26% was wasted by the food service industry, while retail contributed to 13% of the wastage.
The report also noted that food wastage is not limited to developed countries like the United States or the United Kingdom.&nbsp;Many countries have not yet quantified their food waste, so they don't understand the magnitude of the problem.
South Asia is no better. In India, 50 kg of food per person per year goes to waste, 82 kg per person is wasted in Afghanistan and 79 kg per person is wasted in Nepal.

Centre lists its pollution 'solutions' as Delhi shifts blame

The Centre has hit back at Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia after he blamed the Union govt for its inaction on the issue of pollution. The environment ministry listed a number of measures taken to curb pollution

The Centre has hit back at Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia after he blamed the Union govt for its inaction on the issue of pollution. The environment ministry listed a number of measures taken to curb pollution. It listed construction of the Eastern and Western peripheral expressways, shutting down the Badarpur power plant, introduction of BS-VI compliant vehicles as step to curb pollution in the Capital. It further added that machines for stubble-cutting worth ₹ 1,400 crore have been provided to Punjab and Haryana farmers. Earlier in the day, Sisodia had said that all of north India would have to pay for Centre's "inaction on the issue of air pollution".

New Delhi, PTI: The Centre has taken a slew of measures in the last six years to curb pollution, the environment ministry said on Tuesday, after Delhi's Deputy CM Manish Sisodia blamed the Union government for its "inaction on the issue". Reacting to Mr Sisodia's attack as Delhi's air quality entered the "red" zone, the ministry said the government believes in working towards getting rid of air pollution.
"Central government believes in working to end pollution. The government has taken various anti-air pollution initiatives in the last six years, which include construction of the Eastern and Western peripheral expressways, which has reduced pollution by preventing 60,000 undestined heavy vehicles (trucks) passing through Delhi every day," ministry spokesperson Gaurav Khare said.
Earlier in the day, Mr Sisodia said all of north India would have to pay for its "inaction on the issue of air pollution".
"Pollution and stubble-burning are not just issues pertaining to Delhi but this affects the whole of north India. It is a matter of regret that the central government did not take any action during the year and now, the whole country will pay for it," the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said.
Responding to his allegations, Mr Khare said the environment ministry shut down the Badarpur power plant, which directly reduced pollution, and introduced BS-VI standard-compliant vehicles and fuel with an investment of ₹ 65,000 crore, which reduced vehicular pollution to a great extent.
"Machines for stubble-cutting worth ₹ 1,400 crore have been provided to Punjab and Haryana farmers and it has resulted in reduction of about 15 per cent and 20 per cent pollution from stubble-burning respectively," he said.
Listing all measures taken by the Centre in this regard, Mr Khare said the zig-zag technology in 2,800 brick klins in the National Capital Region (NCR) was introduced, which resulted in lesser pollution, 2,600 NCR industries were brought on piped natural gas (PNG), the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, introduced for the first time in 2016, reduced dust pollution and hundreds of dust suppressants and water sprinkling vehicles were provided by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
Delhi's air quality hit an eight-month low and was recorded just a notch above the "very poor" category on Tuesday.
The air quality index (AQI) of the city hit "very poor" levels in the morning and stood at 306 at 11 am. Thereafter, the pollution levels dipped slightly due to an improvement in the ventilation index.
An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe".

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