MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (SHRIMATI JAYANTHI NATARAJAN)
(a) & (b): There is no such proposal to make it mandatory for cement and other industries in the
country to use hazardous waste for burning in the kilns. However, under the Hazardous Waste
(Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008, there is a provision for
utilization of hazardous wastes as supplementary resource or for energy recovery by the units.
(c): The guidelines on various aspects of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes
have been published from time to time. Guidelines for co-processing of hazardous wastes in cement,
power and steel industries are some of them.
(d): As per the information furnished by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the amount
of hazardous waste generated in the country is about 7.90 million tonnes per annum. Maharashtra
(22.84%), Gujarat (22.68%) and Andhra Pradesh (13.75%) are the top three hazardous waste
generating States in the country followed by Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh. These seven states together are generating about 82% of the country’s total
hazardous wastes.
(e): There are 17 integrated Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) having both
incineration and secured landfill facilities, 13 TSDFs having only secured landfill facilities
(SLFs) and 08 facilities having only common incineration facilities which are presently
operational in the country. The state-wise details of these facilities are as given below:
S. No. Name of State/UT Integrated Secured Landfill Common Incineration TSDFs Facilities (SLFs) Facilities
1. Andhra Pradesh 02 # #
2. Gujarat 04 04 01
3. Haryana 01 # #
4. Himachal Pradesh # 01 #
5. Karnataka # 01 05
6. Kerala # 01 #
7. Madhya Pradesh 01 # #
8. Maharashtra 03 01 #
9. Orissa # 01 #
10. Punjab # 01 #
11. Rajasthan # 02 01
12. Tamilnadu 01 # #
13. Uttar Pradesh 02 01 01
14. Uttarakhand 01 # #
15. West Bengal 01 # #
16. Daman, Diu, 01 # # Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Total 17 13 08
