The Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change on January 27, 2021 has issued the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2021 to further amend the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.
The following amendments have been made:
• Rule 12 (6A), which specifies the import of post-industrial and pre-consumer polyethylene wastes, has been inserted, namely:
“The import of ‘post-industrial or pre-consumer polyethylene wastes’ and ‘Polymethyl Methacrylate’ mentioned at column (2), against Basel Number B3010 in Schedule VI, is permitted to units in Special Economic Zones and Export Oriented Units notified by the Central Government.”
• Rule 12 (6B), which specifies the requirement for the post-industrial and pre-consumer polyethylene wastes, has been inserted, namely:
“the import of ‘post-industrial or pre-consumer polyethylene wastes’ shall be permitted with a requirement of at least fifty percent exports in terms of tonnage for 18 months from the date of this notification or till a decision is taken on the basis of review or audit undertaken to ascertain the effect of such import, whichever is later.”
• Schedule III, which specifies the Basel numbers, has been substituted.
[Notification No. G.S.R. 47 (E)]
