Chapter II Chapter II

Restriction or Prohibition on use of non-biodegradable material

1. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, restrict, prohibit, regulate or manage the use, manufacture, sale, purchase, storage, distribution of non-biodegradable material within the State.
2. (2) The State Government may, by general or special order, impose conditions on manufacturers, distributors and other persons who produce or handle Non-Biodegradable Material, with respect to the type, size, weight, thickness, labelling and composition of packaging with respect to its manufacture, use and disposal including standards or norms for material degradability and re-cyclability.

4. (1) No person, by himself or through another, shall knowingly or otherwise throw or cause to be thrown, in any drain, ventilation shaft, pipe and fittings, connected with the public drainage work, canals, ponds, streams, river or Wetland, any Non-Biodegradable Material or Any Biodegradable Material by placing in a Non-Biodegradable bag or container.

1. (2) No person shall, knowingly or otherwise dispose-off, save as prescribed, any Bio-degradable or Non-Biodegradable Garbage or Domestic Hazardous Waste in any Public Place, unless-
   • (a) the material is placed in a litter bins in segregated form namely non-biodegradable, biodegradable and domestic hazardous waste ; or
   • (b) the material is deposited in a location designated by a Local Authority having jurisdiction on an area for the disposal of such material.

5. No person shall burn any Non-Biodegradable Garbage.