As per the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in India, which one of the following statements is correct?
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Answer: C. The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 lay down detailed criteria for choosing sites for landfills and waste processing facilities (for example distance from rivers, habitations and airports, in Schedule I). The other statements misstate the Rules.
Watch for: 'Five categories' is a planted number; the Rules use three main segregation streams.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because waste must be segregated into three streams: biodegradable, non-biodegradable and domestic hazardous.
- B. Wrong because the Rules also apply to census towns, SEZs, railways, airports and other areas, not only these.
- D. Wrong because the Rules do not ban moving waste from one district to another.
Source to check: Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (MoEFCC), Rule 2 (application), Rule 4 (duties of waste generators), Schedule I
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