HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATION IN INDIA :

In response to PIL in the Supreme Court of India on the subject of Hazardous Waste Management, the State Pollution Control Boards/Committees have submitted details of hazardous waste generation. The compiled information is presented in the Table below.

STATES/UTs

UNITS

AUTHORISA-TION GRANTED

CLOSED

DIRECTIONS ISSUED

UNDER PROCESS

Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chandigarh

Goa

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

J&K

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Orissa

Pondicherry

Punjab

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal

233

18

36

22

26

1421

232

67

60

288

68

160

3427

120

10

600

306

962

825

114

230

18

33

17

6

1421

199

47

-

248

58

160

3013

46

10573

193

890

588

35

3

-

3

5

-

-

33

17

-

40

7

-

414

11

-

20

63

-

46

16

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

44

-

7

50

-

191

-

-

-

-

-

20

-

-

3

-

-

3

-

-

19

-

-

-

72

-

63


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