Rajasthan PCB re-emphasizes: Industries generating hazardous waste to co-process such waste in cement plants instead of disposing through land filling. Exceptions for unavoidable circumstances (e.g. rainy season, closure of cement plant) permitted subject to intimation to PCB

The Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (“PCB”) has re-iterated that as per existing Policy, all industries (disposing hazardous waste through land filling) are directed to divert it to recycling or dispose it through co-processing in cement industries. Further, the PCB has observed that industries authorized to dispose hazardous waste through co-processing are continuing to dispose the same through land filling, which is opposed to the policy adopted by the PCB.

In this context, the PCB has directed all industries (which are authorised to dispose hazardous waste generated by them through co-processing) to co-process the waste in cement plants, except under un-avoidable circumstances such as rainy season or closure of cement plants due to maintenance etc.

In the event of the above-mentioned exception, the concerned Regional Director needs to be intimated in writing regarding the same, after which land disposal of hazardous waste through Treatment, Storage, Disposal facility (“TSDF”) may be allowed. Further, industries generating significant quantities of hazardous waste and presently disposing the same through land filling are directed to make efforts to divert the same to recycling or co-processing.

A copy of the Order is hyperlinked below for ease of reference

Source: Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board