Online Training on Understanding Solid Waste Management Rules
September 24 – October 8, 2021 | Last date for receiving applications is September 22
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi. CSE researches into, lobbies for and communicates the urgency of development that is both sustainable and equitable. We believe that the scenario today demands using knowledge to bring about change. This is what we aim to do. The challenge, as we see it, is two-pronged. On one hand, millions live within a biomass-based subsistence economy at the margins of survival. The environment is their only natural asset. But a degraded environment means stress on land, water and forest resources for survival. It means increasing destitution and poverty. Here, the opportunity to bring about change is enormous. But it will need a commitment to reform in the way we do business with local communities.
On the other hand, rapid industrialisation is throwing up new problems: growing toxification and a costly disease burden. The answers will be in reinventing the growth model of the Western world for ourselves, so that we can leapfrog technology choices and find new ways of building wealth that will not cost us the earth.This is the challenge of the balance. Our aim is to raise these concerns, participate in seeking answers and – more importantly – in pushing for answers and transforming these into policy and so, practice. We do this through our research and by communicating our understanding through our publications.
We call this knowledge-based activism. We hope we will make a difference.
According to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, urban India generates 0.13 Million tonne of solid waste every day. Most of this is managed unscientifically and ends up in landfills. Regulators and lawmakers have recognised this menace, and under the umbrella law of Environment Protection Act, 1986 (EPA), a number of subordinate legislations have been enacted for regulating the manner of collection and disposal of various kinds of solid waste.
In 2016, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change introduced the new Solid Waste Management Rules (SWM), amending a version that had come in 2000. These Rules are based on the principles of “sustainable development”, “precaution” and “polluter pays”. These principles mandate municipalities and commercial establishments to act in an environmentally accountable and responsible manner.
Specific forms of waste are the subject matter of separate Rules and require separate compliances. But in spite of such a plethora of policies and laws, their implementation continues to face severe challenges. A holistic understanding of the Rules and how they can be enforced in a concerted manner for better waste management is the need of the hour.
The School of Circular Economy under the Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute (AAETI) in the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) invites you to join a 14-day online training course on understanding India’s Waste Management Rules, 2016.
WHAT WILL THE TRAINING OFFER
- Insights into the history and evolution of the Rules
- In-depth understanding of the Rules
- Scope and limitations of the different waste rules
- Understanding the impacts of violation and non-compliance
- Role and responsibilities of different stakeholders
- On-ground implementation strategies for the Rules
WHO CAN APPLY?
- State government officials, urban local body representatives, urban/ town planners
- Waste management professionals and practitioners l NGO representatives
- Researchers and academics
- Students and beginners aspiring to work in waste management
- Citizens, residents of housing societies
- Regulated market committee representatives
COURSE FEE
- Rs 2,500 for Indian participants
- US $50 for Global participants
