Thanks to new guidelines, waste management in India will shift toward a circular economy, embedding extended producer responsibility and ‘polluter pays’ principle into the waste governance structure.

The new Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, will come into effect from April 1. The new rule by the central environment ministry has mandated strict four-way segregation at the source. Starting ...

Bengaluru's waste management is sticking to the old three-bin system. The Centre's new four-bin rule, effective April 1, ...

A woman segregates plastic waste gathered from garbage dumps for recycling, at a scrapyard on the outskirts of Bengaluru in September 2024. | AFP India’s environment ministry notified the new solid ...

Rules come into force, let us examine the key changes introduced. In 'Beyond the Nugget', also take a look at the recently ...

New Delhi: From 1 April 2026, the new Solid Waste Management Rules of 2026 will come into force across the country. Notified on Wednesday, these rules provide definitions and measures through which ...

Bengaluru: Starting April 1, residents of Bengaluru who fail to separate wet and dry waste will face a Rs 1,000 fine, with penalties doubling to Rs 2,000 for repeat violations. The Bengaluru Solid ...

BENGALURU: The Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML), which had terrorised the public littering waste at street corners by tracing them and dumping loads of waste at their doorstep, ...

Jaipur: Ahead of new solid waste management rules coming into force in April, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation is preparing to introduce a four-way segregation of waste at source. But the city's waste ...