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 Index
Chapter Contents Page
No.
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Functions 1
1.3 Constitution of TNPCB 1
1.4 Organisational set up 1
1.5 Environmental Legislations 2
1.6 Monitoring of Industries 3
1.7 Procedure for Issue of Consent 3
1.8 Address of the Offices and Laboratories of TNPCB 4
2 Water (P&CP) Act, 1974 13
2.1 The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 as 13
amended in 1978 and 1988
2.2 The Tamil Nadu Water (P&CP) Rules, 1983 14
2.3 Standards for Discharge of Trade Effluent 15
2.4 Standards for Discharge of Sewage 16
2.5 Drinking Water – Specification (IS 10500:1991) 17
2.6 Tolerance Limits for Inland Surface Waters subject to 18
Pollution IS : 2296 – 1982
2.7 Consent Fee Applicable under the Water (P&CP) Act, 1974 21
2.8 Parameters to be analyzed for the Industrial Effluent 22
Samples
3 Water (P&CP) Cess Act, 1977 25
3.1 Rate of Cess on the Basis of Water Consumption 25
3.2 Cess Return Format 27
4 Air (P&CP) Act, 1981 31
4.1 The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, as 31
Amended in 1987
4.2 Consent Fee applicable under the Air (P&CP) Act, 1981 32
4.3 National Ambient Air Quality Standards 33
4.4 Standards for Chlorine Emission 35
5 Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 36
5.1 The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (No. 29 of 1986) 36
5.2 The Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 40
5.3 Standard Prescribed under Environment (Protection) Rules, 41
1986
5.3.1 Emission Standards for New Generator Sets (Upto 41
19 Kilowatt) Run on Petrol and Kerosene with
implantation Schedule
5.3.2 Emission Limits for New Diesel Engines (Up to 800 41
KW) for Generator Sets (Gensets) Applications

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 5.3.3 Emission Standards for Diesel Engines (Engine 42
Rating more than 0.8 MW (800 KW) for Power Plant,
Generator set applications and other requirements
5.3.4 Noise Limit for Generator Sets run with Petrol or 43
Kerosene
5.3.5 Noise Limit for Generator Sets run with Diesel 43
5.3.6 Emission standards for Boiler (Small) - Particulate 43
matters
5.3.7 Emission Standards for Bagasse-Fired Boilers 43
5.3.8 Stack Height / Limit for Thermal Power Plants in 44
metres
5.3.9 Emission Standards for Thermal Power Plants 44
5.3.10 Temperature Limit For Discharge Of Condenser 44
Cooling Water From Thermal Power Plants
5.3.11 Emission Standards for Gas / Naphtha Based 45
Thermal Power Plants
5.3.12 Emission Standards for Iron & Steel (Integrated 45
Plant)
5.3.13 Emission Standards for Copper, Lead and Zinc 46
Smelting Units
5.3.14 Emission Standards for Nitric Acid Plant 46
5.3.15 Emission Standards for Sulphuric Acid Plant 46
5.3.16 Emission Standards for Asbestos Manufacturing 46
Units (Including all process involving the use of
Asbestos)
5.3.17 Emission Standards for Cement Plants 47
5.3.18 Emission Standards for Stone Crushing Unit 47
5.3.19 Emission Standards for Foundries 47
5.3.20 Emission Standard for SO2 from Cupola Furnace 47
5.3.21 Emission Standards for Aluminum Plants 48
5.3.22 Emission Standards for Pesticide Manufacturing 48
and Formulation Industry
5.3.23 Emission Standards for Glass Industry 49
5.3.24 Emission Standards for Lime Kiln 49
5.3.25 Emission Standards for Battery Manufacturing 50
Industry
5.3.26 Emission Standards for Common Hazardous Waste 50
Incinerators
5.3.27 Load/Mass Based Emission Standards 51
5.3.28 Noise Standards for Fire-Crackers 52
5.4 Waste Water Generation Standards 53
5.5 Environmental Statement 54
5.6 The Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 56

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 5.7 Delegation Powers to the State Governments/Chairman, 67
State Pollution Control Boards under Section 5 of the
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
5.7.1 Delegation Powers to the State Government under 67
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
5.7.2 Delegation Powers to the Chairman, State Pollution 67
Control Boards under Environment (Protection) Act,
1986
5.8 Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 67
5.9 The Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001 82
5.10 Utilization of Fly Ash From Coal or Lignite based Thermal 84
Power Plants Notification Dated 14.9.1999
5.11 The Manufacture, Use, Import, Export And Storage Of 87
Hazardous Microorganisms Genetically Engineered
Organisms or Cells Rules, 1989
5.12 The Hazardous and other Wastes (Management and 88
Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016
5.13 The Manufacture, Storage And Import Of Hazardous 131
Chemical Rules, 1989
5.14 The Municipal Solid Wastes (Management) Rules, 2016 133
5.15 The Plastic Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 135
5.16 The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 143
5.17 E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 146
5.18 Costal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011 151
6 Procedure for Obtaining Consent 155
6.1 Procedures for obtaining Consent of the Tamil Nadu 155
Pollution Control Board
6.1.1 Consent to Establish 155
6.1.2 Consent to Operate 156
6.1.3 Time Limit for Processing Application by TNPCB 156
6.1.4 Inspection Procedure 157
6.1.5 Appeal before the Appellate Authority 158
6.2 Procedures for obtaining Renewal Consent 158
6.2.1 Validity Period for Renewal Consent 158
6.2.2 Power Delegation for the issue of Consent Orders, 159
Renewal of Consent Orders, issue of Authorization
and Registration
6.2.3 Inspection / Sample Collection Frequency 160
6.3 Bank Guarantee Format 160
6.4 Classification of Industries based on Gross Fixed Assets 162
6.5 Categorization of Industries 162
6.6 17 Category of Highly Polluting Industries 174
6.7 Important Government Orders 174

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 6.7.1 Ban on setting up of highly polluting industries 174
with in 1 km from water bodies (GO 213)
6.7.2 Ban on setting up of highly polluting industries with 182
in 5 km from rivers (G.O. 127 & 223)
6.7.3 Industries requiring prior consent of TNPCB to get 185
building license and TNEB power connection
(GO 17 & 111)
6.7.4 Central Ground Water Authority Notification on 191
regulation of Ground Water Abstraction by
Industries
6.7.5 Public Works Department, Government of Tamil 194
Nadu Order on Groundwater Extraction
6.8 Siting Criteria for Stone Crushing Unit 204
6.9 Supreme Court Direction for Aquaculture 210
7 Miscellaneous 211
7.1 Environmental Training Institute 211
7.2 Library 211
7.3 Care Air Centre 211
7.4 Schedule Of Sampling And Analysis Charges For 212
Environmental Samples In TNPCB Laboratories
7.5 SEIAA Environmental Clearance Processing Fee 222
7.6 Environment Related Organisations 223

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 5.6 THE BIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 2016
(MoEF Notification G.S.R. 343(E).- Dated 28.3.2016.)
Salient Features
Rule 2 Application :-
These rules shall apply to all persons who generate, collect, receive, store,
transport, treat, dispose, or handle bio medical waste in any form
including hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, dispensaries, veterinary
institutions, animal houses, pathological laboratories, blood banks, ayush
hospitals, clinical establishments, research or educational institutions,
health camps, medical or surgical camps, vaccination camps, blood
donation camps, first aid rooms of schools, forensic laboratories and
research labs.
Rule 3 Definitions :-
"bio-medical waste" means any waste, which is generated during the
diagnosis, treatment or immunisation of human beings or animals or
research activities pertaining thereto or in the production or testing of
biological or in health camps, including the categories mentioned in
Schedule I appended to these rules;

“health care facility” means a place where diagnosis, treatment or

immunisation of human beings or animals is provided irrespective of type
and size of health treatment system, and research activity pertaining
thereto;

"occupier" means a person having administrative control over the

institution and the premises generating bio-medical waste, which includes
a hospital, nursing home, clinic, dispensary, veterinary institution, animal
house, pathological laboratory, blood bank, health care facility and clinical
establishment, irrespective of their system of medicine and by whatever
name they are called;

"bio-medical waste treatment and disposal facility" means any facility

wherein treatment, disposal of bio-medical waste or processes incidental
to such treatment and disposal is carried out, and includes common bio-
medical waste treatment facilities;

"authorisation" means permission granted by the prescribed authority for

the generation, collection, reception, storage, transportation, treatment,
processing, disposal or any other form of handling of bio-medical waste in
accordance with these rules and guidelines issued by the Central
Government or Central Pollution Control Board as the case may be;
Rule 4 Duties of the Occupier:-
(1) The occupier shall take all necessary steps to ensure that bio-
medical waste is handled without any adverse effect to human health
and the environment and in accordance with these rules;
(2) The occupier shall make a provision within the premises for a safe,
ventilated and secured location for storage of segregated biomedical
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 waste in colored bags or containers in the manner as specified in
Schedule I, to ensure that there shall be no secondary handling,
pilferage of recyclables or inadvertent scattering or spillage by
animals and the bio-medical waste from such place or premises shall
be directly transported in the manner as prescribed in these rules to
the common bio-medical waste treatment facility or for the
appropriate treatment and disposal, as the case may be, in the
manner as prescribed in Schedule I
(3) The occupier shall pre-treat the laboratory waste, microbiological
waste, blood samples and blood bags through disinfection or
sterilisation on-site in the manner as prescribed by the World Health
Organisation (WHO) or National AIDs Control Organisation (NACO)
guidelines and then sent to the common bio-medical waste treatment
facility for final disposal;
(4) The occupier shall phase out use of chlorinated plastic bags, gloves
and blood bags within two years from the date of notification of these
rules;
(5) The occupier shall not give treated bio-medical waste with municipal
solid waste;
(6) The occupier shall ensure segregation of liquid chemical waste at
source and ensure pre-treatment or neutralisation prior to mixing
with other effluent generated from health care facilities;
(7) The occupier shall maintain and update on day to day basis the bio-
medical waste management register and display the monthly record
on its website according to the bio-medical waste generated in terms
of category and colour coding as specified in Schedule I;
(8) The occupier shall make available the annual report on its web-site
and all health care facilities shall make own website within two years
from the date of notification of these rules;
Rule 5 Duties of the operator of a common bio-medical waste treatment and
disposal facility:-
(1) The operator shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the bio-
medical waste collected from the occupier is transported, handled,
stored, treated and disposed of, without any adverse effect to the
human health and the environment, in accordance with these rules
and guidelines issued by the Central Government or, as the case may
be, the central pollution control board from time to time;
(2) The operator shall ensure timely collection of bio-medical waste from
the occupier as prescribed under these rules;
(3) The operator shall establish bar coding and global positioning system
for handling of bio- medical waste within one year;
(4) The operator shall ensure occupational safety of all its workers
involved in handling of bio-medical waste by providing appropriate
and adequate personal protective equipment;
(5) The operator shall maintain a log book for each of its treatment
equipment according to weight of batch; categories of waste treated;
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 time, date and duration of treatment cycle and total hours of
operation;
(6) The operator of the common bio-medical waste treatment facility shall
ensure collection of biomedical waste on holidays also;
Rule 6 Duties of authorities :-
The Authority specified in column (2) of Schedule-III shall perform the
duties as specified in column (3) thereof in accordance with the provisions
of these rules.
Rule 7 Treatment and disposal :-
(a) Bio-medical waste shall be treated and disposed of in accordance
with Schedule I, and in compliance with the standards provided in
Schedule-II by the health care facilities and common bio-medical
waste treatment facility.
(b) The occupier shall hand over segregated waste as per the Schedule-I
to common bio-medical waste treatment facility for treatment,
processing and final disposal:
(c) Every operator of common bio-medical waste treatment facility shall
set up requisite biomedical waste treatment equipments like
incinerator, autoclave or microwave, shredder and effluent treatment
plant as a part of treatment, prior to commencement of its operation.
(d) The Occupier or Operator of a common bio-medical waste treatment
facility shall maintain a record of recyclable wastes referred to in sub-
rule (9) which are auctioned or sold and the same shall be submitted
to the prescribed authority as part of its annual report. The record
shall be open for inspection by the prescribed authorities.
(e) After ensuring treatment by autoclaving or microwaving followed by
mutilation or shredding, whichever is applicable, the recyclables from
the treated bio-medical wastes such as plastics and glass shall be
given to such recyclers having valid authorisation or registration from
the respective prescribed authority.
(f) The handling and disposal of all the mercury waste and lead waste
shall be in accordance with the respective rules and regulations.
Rule 8 Segregation, packaging, transportation and storage :-
(1) No untreated bio-medical waste shall be mixed with other wastes.
(2) The bio-medical waste shall be segregated into containers or bags at
the point of generation in accordance with Schedule I prior to its
storage, transportation, treatment and disposal.
(3) The containers or bags referred to in sub-rule (2) shall be labelled as
specified in Schedule IV
(4) The operator of common bio-medical waste treatment facility shall
transport the bio-medical waste from the premises of an occupier to
any off-site bio-medical waste treatment facility only in the vehicles
having label as provided in part „A‟ of the Schedule IV along with
necessary information as specified in part „B‟ of the Schedule IV.
(5) The vehicles used for transportation of bio-medical waste shall
comply with the conditions if any stipulated by the State Pollution
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 Control Board or Pollution Control Committee in addition to the
requirement contained in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), if
any or the rules made there under for transportation of such
infectious waste.
(6) Untreated human anatomical waste, animal anatomical waste, soiled
waste and, biotechnology waste shall not be stored beyond a period of
forty –eight hours:
(7) Microbiology waste and all other clinical laboratory waste shall be
pre-treated by sterilisation to Log 6 or disinfection to Log 4, as per the
World Health Organisation guidelines before packing and sending to
the common bio-medical waste treatment facility.
Rule 9 Prescribed authority :-
(a) The prescribed authority for implementation of the provisions of these
rules shall be the State Pollution Control Boards in respect of States
and Pollution Control Committees in respect of Union territories.
(b) The prescribed authority for enforcement of the provisions of these
rules in respect of all health care establishments of the Armed Forces
under the Ministry of Defence shall be the Director General, Armed
Forces Medical Services, who shall function under the supervision
and control of the Ministry of Defence.
(c) The prescribed authorities shall comply with the responsibilities as
stipulated in Schedule III of these rules.
Rule 10 Procedure for authorisation :-
(1) Every occupier or operator handling bio-medical waste, irrespective
of the quantity shall make an application in Form II to the prescribed
authority i.e. State Pollution Control Board for grant of authorisation
and the prescribed authority shall grant the provisional authorisation
in Form III and the validity of such authorisation for bedded health
care facility and operator of a common facility shall be synchronised
with the validity of the consents.
(2) The authorisation shall be one time for non-bedded occupiers and
the authorisation in such cases shall be deemed to have been
granted, if not objected by the prescribed authority within a period of
ninety days from the date of receipt of duly completed application
along with such necessary documents.
(3) In case of refusal of renewal, cancellation or suspension of the
authorisation by the prescribed authority, the reasons shall be
recorded in writing after giving an opportunity of being heard to the
applicant before such refusal of the authorisation.
(4) Every application for authorisation shall be disposed of by the
prescribed authority within a period of ninety days from the date of
receipt of duly completed application along with such necessary
documents, failing which it shall be deemed that the authorisation is
granted under these rules.
(5) In case of any change in the bio-medical waste generation, handling,
treatment and disposal for which authorisation was earlier granted,
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 the occupier or operator shall intimate to the prescribed authority
about the change or variation in the activity and shall submit a fresh
application in Form II for modification of the conditions of
authorisation.
Rule 11 Advisory Committee :-
(1) Every State Government or Union territory Administration shall
constitute an Advisory Committee for the respective State or Union
territory under the chairmanship of the respective health secretary
to oversee the implementation of the rules in the respective state
and to advice any improvements
(2) The Advisory Committee constituted under sub-rule (1) and (2) shall
meet at least once in six months and review all matters related to
implementation of the provisions of these rules in the State and
Armed Forces Health Care Facilities, as the case may be.
Rule 12 Monitoring of implementation of the rules in health care facilities :-
(1) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change shall
review the implementation of the rules in the country once in a year
through the State Health Secretaries and Chairmen or Member
Secretary of State Pollution Control Boards and Central Pollution
Control Board.
(2) The Central Pollution Control Board shall monitor the
implementation of these rules in respect of all the Armed Forces
health care establishments under the Ministry of Defence.
(3) Every State Government or Union territory Administration shall
constitute District Level Monitoring Committee in the districts under
the chairmanship of District Collector or District Magistrate or
Deputy Commissioner or Additional District Magistrate to monitor
the compliance of the provisions of these rules in the health care
facilities generating bio-medical waste and in the common bio-
medical waste treatment and disposal facilities, where the bio-
medical waste is treated and disposed of.
Rule 13 Annual report :-
(a) Every occupier or operator of common bio-medical waste treatment
facility shall submit an annual report to the prescribed authority in
Form-IV, on or before the 30th June of every year.
(b) The Annual Reports shall also be available online on the websites of
Occupiers, State Pollution Control Boards and Central Pollution
Control Board.
Rule 14 Maintenance of records :-
Every authorised person shall maintain records related to the generation,
collection, reception, storage, transportation, treatment, disposal or any
other form of handling of bio-medical waste, for a period of five years, in
accordance with these rules and guidelines issued by the Central
Government or the Central Pollution Control Board or the prescribed
authority as the case may be.

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Rule 15 Accident reporting :-
In case of any major accident at any institution or facility or any other site
while handling bio-medical waste, the authorised person shall intimate
immediately to the prescribed authority about such accident and forward
a report within twenty-four hours in writing regarding the remedial steps
taken in Form I.
Rule 16 Appeal :-
(1) Any person aggrieved by an order made by the prescribed authority
under these rules may, within a period of thirty days from the date on
which the order is communicated to him, prefer an appeal in Form V
to the Secretary (Environment) of the State Government or Union
territory administration.
(2) The appeal shall be disposed of within a period of ninety days from the
date of its filing.
Rule 17 Site for common bio-medical waste treatment and disposal facility :-
The selection of site for setting up of such facility shall be made in
consultation with the prescribed authority, other stakeholders and in
accordance with guidelines published by the Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change or Central Pollution Control Board.
Rule 18 Liability of the occupier, operator of a facility :-
The occupier or operator of common bio-medical waste treatment facility
shall be liable for action under section 5 and section 15 of these Act, in
case of any violation

SCHEDULE I Biomedical wastes categories and their segregation, collection,

treatment, processing and disposal options
SCHEDULE II Standards for Treatment and Disposal of Bio-Medical Wastes

SCHEDULE III List of Prescribed Authorities and the Corresponding Duties

SCHEDULE IV Label for Bio-Medical Waste Containers or Bags
FORM - 1 Accident Reporting
FORM - 2 Application form for Authorisation or Renewal of Authorisation

FORM - 3 Authorisation Format

FORM - 4 Annual Report

FORM - 5 Application for filing appeal against order passed by the prescribed
authority

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 SCHEDULE I
[See rules 3 (e), 4(b), 7(1), 7(2), 7(5), 7 (6) and 8(2)]
[Part-1]

Biomedical wastes categories and their segregation, collection, treatment,

processing and disposal options

Category Type of Waste Type of Bag or Treatment and Disposal

Container to be options
used
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Yellow (a) Human Anatomical Yellow coloured Incineration or Plasma
Waste: non-chlorinated Pyrolysis or deep
Human tissues, organs, plastic bags *
burial
body parts and fetus below
the viability period (as per
the Medical Termination of
Pregnancy Act 1971,
amended from time to time).

(b)Animal Anatomical
Waste :
Experimental animal
carcasses, body parts,
organs, tissues,
including the waste
generated from animals
used in experiments or
testing in veterinary
hospitals or colleges or
animal houses.

(c) Soiled Waste: Incineration or Plasma

Items contaminated with *
Pyrolysis or deep burial
blood, body fluids like
dressings, plaster casts, In absence of
cotton swabs and bags above facilities,
containing residual autoclaving or
or discarded blood and micro-waving/
blood components hydroclaving followed by
shredding or mutilation or
combination of
sterilization and
shredding. Treated waste
to be sent for energy
recovery

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(d) Expired or Yellow coloured Expired `cytotoxic drugs
Discarded Medicines: non-chlorinated and items contaminated
Pharmaceutical waste like plastic bags or with cytotoxic drugs to be
antibiotics, cytotoxic drugs containers returned back to the
including all items manufacturer or supplier
contaminated with cytotoxic for incineration at
drugs along with glass or 0
temperature >1200 C or
plastic ampoules, vials etc. to common bio-medical
waste treatment facility
or hazardous waste
treatment, storage and
disposal facility for
0
incineration at >1200 C
Or Encapsulation or
Plasma Pyrolysis at
0
>1200 C.
All other discarded
medicines shall be either
sent back to manufacturer
or disposed by
incineration.

(e) Chemical Waste: Yellow coloured Disposed of by

Chemicals used in containers or non- incineration or Plasma
production of biological and chlorinated Pyrolysis or
used or discarded plastic bags Encapsulation in
disinfectants. hazardous waste
treatment, storage and
disposal facility.

(f) Chemical Liquid Separate After resource recovery,

Waste : collection system the chemical liquid waste
Liquid waste generated leading to effluent shall be pre-treated before
due to use of chemicals in treatment system mixing with other
production of wastewater. The combined
biological and used or discharge shall conform
discarded disinfectants, to the discharge norms
Silver X-ray film developing given in Schedule- III.
liquid, discarded Formalin,
infected secretions,
aspirated body fluids,
liquid from
laboratories and floor
washings, cleaning, house-
keeping and disinfecting
activities etc.

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 (g) Discarded linen, Non-chlorinated Non- chlorinated chemical
mattresses, beddings yellow plastic bags disinfection followed by
contaminated with blood or suitable packing incineration or Plazma
or body fluid. material Pyrolysis or for
energy recovery.

In absence of above
facilities, shredding or
mutilation or combination
of sterilization and
shredding. Treated waste
to be sent for energy
recovery or incineration or
Plazma Pyrolysis.

(h) Microbiology, Autoclave safe Pre-treat to sterilize

Biotechnology and plastic bags or with non-
other clinical laboratory containers chlorinated chemicals
waste: on-site as per
Blood bags, Laboratory National AIDS Control
cultures, stocks or Organisation or World
specimens of micro- Health Organisation
organisms, live or guidelines thereafter for
attenuated vaccines, human Incineration.
and animal cell cultures
used in research, industrial
laboratories, production of
biological, residual toxins,
dishes and devices used
for cultures.
Red Contaminated Waste Red coloured Autoclaving or
(Recyclable) non-chlorinated micro-waving/
(a) Wastes generated plastic bags or hydroclaving followed by
from disposable items such containers shredding or mutilation or
as tubing, bottles, combination of
intravenous tubes and sterilization and
sets, catheters, urine bags, shredding. Treated waste
syringes (without needles to be sent to registered or
and fixed needle syringes) authorized recyclers or for
and vaccutainers with their energy recovery or plastics
needles cut) and gloves. to diesel or fuel oil or for
road making, whichever is
possible.
Plastic waste should not be
sent to landfill sites.

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 White Waste sharps including Puncture proof, Autoclaving or Dry Heat
(Translucent) Metals: Leak proof, Sterilization
Needles, syringes with tamper proof followed by shredding or
fixed needles, needles from containers mutilation or
needle tip cutter or encapsulation in metal
burner, scalpels, blades, or container or
any other cement concrete;
contaminated sharp object combination of
that may cause puncture shredding cum
and cuts. This autoclaving; and sent for
includes both used, final disposal to iron
discarded and foundries (having
contaminated metal sharps consent to operate
from the State
Pollution Control Boards or
Pollution Control
Committees) or sanitary
landfill or designated
concrete waste sharp pit.

Blue (a) Glassware: Broken Cardboard boxes Disinfection (by soaking

or discarded and with blue colored the washed
contaminated glass marking glass waste after
including medicine vials cleaning with detergent
and ampoules except and Sodium
those contaminated with Hypochlorite
cytotoxic wastes. treatment) or through
autoclaving or
microwaving or
hydroclaving and then
sent for recycling.

(b) Metallic Body Cardboard boxes

Implants with blue colored
marking

*
Disposal by deep burial is permitted only in rural or remote areas where there is no access to
common bio-medical waste treatment facility. This will be carried out with prior approval from the
prescribed authority and as per the Standards specified in Schedule-III. The deep burial facility
shall be located as per the provisions and guidelines issued by Central Pollution Control Board
from time to time.
Part -2

(1) All plastic bags shall be as per BIS standards as and when published, till then the
prevailing Plastic Waste Management Rules shall be applicable.
(2) Chemical treatment using at least 10% Sodium Hypochlorite having 30% residual
chlorine for twenty minutesor any other equivalent chemical reagent that should
demonstrate Log104 reduction efficiency for microorganisms as given in Schedule- III.
(3) Mutilation or shredding must be to an extent to prevent
unauthorized reuse.
(4) There will be no chemical pretreatment before incineration, except for microbiological,
lab and highly infectious waste.
(5) Incineration ash (ash from incineration of any bio-medical waste) shall be
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 hazardous constituents are present beyond the prescribed limits as given in the
Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008 or
as revised from time to time.
(6) Dead Fetus below the viability period (as per the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act
1971, amended from time to time) can be considered as human anatomical waste. Such
waste should be handed over to the operator of common bio-medical waste treatment and
disposal facility in yellow bag with a copy of the official Medical Termination of Pregnancy
certificate from the Obstetrician or the Medical Superintendent of hospital or healthcare
establishment.
(7) Cytotoxic drug vials shall not be handed over to unauthorised person under any
circumstances.
These shall be sent back to the manufactures for necessary disposal at a single point. As
a second option, these may be sent for incineration at common bio-medical waste
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treatment and disposal facility or TSDFs or plasma pyrolys is at temperature >1200 C.
(8) Residual or discarded chemical wastes, used or discarded disinfectants and chemical
sludge can be disposed at hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility. In
such case, the waste should be sent to hazardous waste treatment, storage and
disposal facility through operator of common bio-medical waste treatment and disposal
facility only.
(9) On-site pre-treatment of laboratory waste, microbiological waste, blood samples,
blood bags should be disinfected or sterilized as per the Guidelines of World Health
Organisation or National AIDS Control Organisation and then given to the common
bio-medical waste treatment and disposal facility.
(10) Installation of in-house incinerator is not allowed. However in case there is no common
biomedical facility nearby, the same may be installed by the occupier after taking
authorisation from the State Pollution Control Board.
(11) Syringes should be either mutilated or needles should be cut and or stored in tamper
proof, leak proof and puncture proof containers for sharps storage. Wherever the occupier
is not linked to a disposal facility it shall be the responsibility of the occupier to sterilize
and dispose in the manner prescribed.
(12) Bio-medical waste generated in households during healthcare activities shall be
segregated as per these rules and handed over in separate bags or containers to
municipal waste collectors. Urban Local Bodies shall have tie up with the common bio-
medical waste treatment and disposal facility to pickup this waste from the Material
Recovery Facility (MRF) or from the house hold directly, for final disposal in the manner
as prescribed in this Schedule.

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