Under the act, disrupting waste management by local bodies or any authorized non-government agency would invite a jail term of up to three months and a fine up to Rs 100,000. People living around landfill sites have been stopping garbage trucks for any number of reasons, even trivial ones. [break]
“The act considers any disruption in waste management a serious public offence,” said Dipendra Oli, legal advisor to the Solid Waste Management and Resource Mobilization Centre.
Within a decade after the Okharpauwa Landfill Site in Nuwakot came into operation, garbage dosposal in the capital has been disturbed at least 50 times, and on several occasions for weeks, posing a serious health
hazard.
Private sector encouraged
The act encourages the private sector to participate in waste management and provisions a separate taxation system for them.
Clean urban behavior
One can be fined Rs 5,000 minimum for waste disposal in public places. Every repeat offense will incur at least double that fine and in case of grave violation the fine could reach Rs 100,000.
One will not even be able to spit on the footpath, depending on how seriously the act is implemented.
Categorization of waste
The act stipulates that every household shall segregate waste before handing it to collectors. Mixed waste is not allowed. Industrial waste must be treated before mixing with general waste. A similar provision applies to hazardous hospital waste.
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