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Inventorisation
of Hazardous Waste Generation in Kerala State
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Foreword
The Ministry of
Environment & Forests, Government of India has promulgated Hazardous
Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 under the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986. According to these rules, the State regulatory
authorities are required to issue authorization to the generator/facility
for the collection, reception, treatment, storage find disposal of
hazardous wastes. The State Governments are also required to identifiy
disposal sites and to conduct environmental impact assessment for
disposal of hazardous wastes.
To provide teclmical assistance and information as needed for implementation
of the rules, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has taken
up a programme for inventorization of hazardous wastes in various
States of the country. The present report relates to such a study
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conducted
in the State of Kerala. The report brings out identification and quantification
of different categories of hazardous wastes, existing hazardous waste
management practices, inventory of the existing dump site and strategy
for hazardous waste management.
My colleagues Dr. Inamul Haq, Sr. Scientist, Sh. N.K. Verma, Addl.
Director and Dr. S.P. Chakrabarti, Member Secretary were responsible
for coordination, evaluation and finalization of the project report.
They were assisted by Shri 5.5. Pal, SSA and Shri K.P. Rathi. The
contribution of Dr. S.K. Gupta and Dr. K.R. Ranganathan of I.I.T,
Mumbai and co-operation by Sh. Indu lal, SEE, Kerala State Pollution
Control Board during the work is gratefully acknowledged.
We hope, the report will be useful to all concerned with hazardous
waste management. |
Dilip Biswas
Chairman, CPCB |
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