Slaughter House Waste
India has the world’s largest population of livestock. According to the Ministry of Food Processing, a total of 3616-slaughter houses slaughter over 2 million cattle and buffaloes, 50 million sheep and goat, 1.5 million pigs and 150 million poultry annually, for domestic consumption as well as for export purposes. The waste generated here are liquid and solid in nature. Slaughtering of animals generates waste consisting of non-edible organs, stomach contents, dung, bones and sludge from waste water treatment. Central Pollution Control Board has brought out “Draft guidelines for sanitation in slaughter houses” during August 1998.
Slaughter house types Waste generated
Large 6 – 7 tonnes / day
Medium 2 – 6 tonnes / day
Small 0.5 – 1 tonnes / day
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THE LAW
Laws concerning solid waste are passed to improve the solid waste management and to regulate the disposal activity, which causes problems in public health, the environment and economics. Many laws apply to the control of solid waste management problems.
Acts, Rules and Notification regarding Solid Waste Management in Inida
Law of Torts
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Constitution of India, 1950
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
Environment Protection Act, 1986
Hazardous waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1989
Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991
Bio-medical wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998.
Recycled plastics (Manufacture and Usage) Rules, 1999
Municipal Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000
The right to live in a clean and healthy environment is not only a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of our Constitution but also a right recognized and enforced by the courts of law under different laws, like Law of Torts, Indian Penal Code, 1860 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 and Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. The Constitution of India, 1950 the earliest legislation and which is the supreme law of the land has imposed a fundamental duty on every citizen of India under Article 51-A(g) to protect and improve the environment. The obligation on the State to protect the environment is expressed under Article 48 A. The right to live in a healthy environment is also a basic human right. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 has declared under Article 3 that everyone has the right to life and under Article 25 that everyone has a right to a standard of living adequate for health and well being of himself and of his family.
At the national policy level, the ministry of environment and forests has legislated the Municipal Waste Management and Handling Rules 2000 in exercise of the power conferred under sections 3, 6 and 25 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986. These rules shall apply to every municipal authority responsible for collection, segregation, storage, transportation, processing and disposal of municipal solid wastes.
Composting of wastes is a legal requirement provided under the Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSW) Rules 2000 for all municipal bodies in the country. The MSW Rules 2000 requires that “biodegradable wastes shall be processed by composting, vermi-composting, anaerobic digestion or any other appropriate biological processing for the stabilization of wastes”. The specified deadline for setting up of waste processing and disposal facilities was 31 December 2003 or earlier.
Every municipal authority shall, within the territorial area of the municipality, be responsible for the implementation of the provisions of these rules, and for any infrastructure development for collection, storage, segregation, transportation, processing and disposal of municipal solid wastes.
The Central Government, to perform its functions effectively as contemplated under sections 6, 8, and 25 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986, and has made various Rules, Notifications and Orders including the Bio-medical wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998.
2007-04-23 23:25:12
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answered by Anonymous
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Solid-waste management, sanitary landfill the collecting, treating, and disposing of solid material that is discarded because it has served its purpose or is not any longer useful. Improper disposal of municipal solid waste can create unsanitary conditions, and these conditions in turn can result in pollution of the environment and to outbreaks of vector-borne disease—that is, diseases spread by rodents and insects. The tasks of solid-waste management present complex technical challenges. They also pose a wide array of administrative, economic, and social problems that must be managed and solved.
2016-05-08 15:34:15
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answered by craig 2
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Waste management is the collection, transport, processing or disposal of waste materials, usually ones produced by human activity, in an effort to reduce their effect on human health or local aesthetics or amenity. A subfocus in recent decades has been to reduce waste materials' effect on the natural world and the environment and to recover resources from them. Waste management can involve solid, liquid, gaseous or plasmic, with different methods and fields of expertise for each. Waste management practices differ for developed and developing nations, for urban and rural areas, and for residential, industrial, and commercial producers. Waste management for non-hazardous residential and institutional waste in metropolitan areas is usually the responsibility of local government authorities, while management for non-hazardous commercial and industrial waste is usually the responsibility of the generator.
2016-04-01 04:45:05
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answered by Anonymous
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