The Waste Generator, ULB, Agency/Service Provider, Empanelled Vendor and/or any other Person involved in handling or management of Solid Waste shall ensure that different categories of Solid Waste are processed in the following manner, namely:-
(1) Processing of the Bio-degradable Waste.- Decentralised and/or centralised processing such as composting, vermi-composting, microbial composting, aerobic compositing, anaerobic digestion, bio-methanization or any other KSPCB/CPCB approved process for bio-stabilisation of Bio-degradable Waste shall be adopted for processing of Bio-degradable Waste. Fresh Bio-degradable waste can also be used as animal feed if such waste is safe for consumption by livestock. The sanitary waste shall be handled in the waste processing centre and / or incineration plant along with the other bio-medical wastes.
(2) Processing of Recyclable Non Bio-degradable Waste.- The Recyclable Non Bio-degradable Waste shall be sent to,- I. dry Waste Collection Centres/ materials recovery facilities for sorting and baling of Dry Waste and thereafter to authorised recycling units; or II. directly to authorised recycling units to be turned into raw materials for producing new products.
(3) Processing of Domestic Hazardous Waste including Sanitary Waste.- The Domestic Hazardous Waste shall be processed through TSDF (Treatment Storage Disposal Facility) authorised by the KSPCB, incineration and/or any other suitable method determined by the KSPCB/CPCB. Sanitary Waste will be processed at the nearest common biomedical treatment facility and/or incinerators in the ULB along with other Bio-medical Waste generated within the ULB. If it is not processed through these methods, it shall be transported to Sanitary Landfills.
(4) Processing of non-Recyclable Non-bio-degradable waste.- The Non Biodegradable Waste which cannot be recycled in accordance with Bye-laws 11.(2) and having calorific value exceeding 1500 kcal/kg shall be used for waste to energy processes including refused derived fuel for combustible fraction of waste or supply as feedstock to solid waste based power plants or cement kilns. Segregated combustible fraction which is less than 1500 kcal/kg can be treated as per applicable CPCB and/or KSPCB guidelines to make it appropriate for relevant waste to energy processes.
(5) Processing of Construction and Demolition Waste.- The Construction and Demolition Waste shall be processed in accordance with C&D Rules (including separate bye-laws issued by the ULB) and shall be transported to appropriate processing plants, Sanitary Landfills and/or other designated locations.
(6) Processing of slaughterhouse waste.- Waste generated from slaughte rhouses, poultry and fish markets shall be processed or disposed through Rendering, composting, bio-methanization, controlled incineration or deep burial where stipulated scientific standards are followed and any other method prescribed by CPCB and/or KSPCB.
(7) Processing of special waste.- To the extent possible, specific streams of Solid Waste such as leaf litter, coconuts and sugarcane shall be shall be sent for processing to leaf litter processing units, coconut waste processing unit and other appropriate processing facilities approved by CPCB and/or KSPCB.
(8) Disposal at Sanitary Landfills.- The residual Solid Waste and inerts which cannot be processed in any of methods set in Bye-laws 11.(1) to (7) above shall be disposed in a Sanitary Landfill in a scientific manner. The ULB shall ensure that the residue from different processing facilities shall not exceed 35% of the Solid Waste delivered to the processing facility and shall be further reduced to 30% within five years from the effective date of these Bye-laws. The ULB shall strive towards a goal where no Solid Waste shall be disposed in Sanitary Landfills (zero landfilling).