Nearly three years after the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) rolled out its plan to collect segregated waste from households across the city, the initiative is still struggling to gain momentum.
The Centre has notified the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, replacing the 2016 rules. Effective April 1, 2026, they mandate four-stream waste segregation, integrate Circular Economy principles, ...
It is therefore welcome that new solid waste segregation rules are being framed for implementation in the near future. At the ...