Compliance for Sanitary Landfill Facility
Landfill Compliance & SWM Rules 2026
23 rules typically apply to a landfill in India, covering waste management (including SWM Rules 2026) and general compliance obligations.
This is EarthReheal WasteLedger's plain-language interpretation, for informational purposes only — not legal advice. Always confirm against the official rule text and your regulator. Rules shown reflect our current catalog and may not capture every site-specific condition.
Waste Management (9)
Segregation, disposal, EPR, and related waste-stream obligations — including SWM Rules 2026.
Sanitary Landfill Standards
This landfill must meet Schedule I siting criteria (minimum distances from rivers, ponds, habitation, airports), non-permeable base/wall lining, and maintain post-closure care/monitoring for at least 15 years after closure.
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Landfill Gas Collection
This landfill must install a gas collection system and either utilize captured landfill gas for power/thermal generation or flare it, with flow-metering for accurate monitoring — a Consent to Operate covers the facility's air-emission aspects including flare-stack emissions.
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Leachate Treatment Plant
This landfill needs a Consent to Establish/Operate for its leachate treatment plant, meeting CPCB effluent discharge standards (BOD, TSS, COD, Fecal Coliform limits) — Red-category facilities above threshold additionally need Continuous Online Effluent Monitoring (OCEMS).
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HWM Rules 2016 — HWM disposal cell
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BMW Deep Burial
If this facility has SPCB/PCC-approved permission for deep burial of bio-medical waste (only allowed in rural/remote areas lacking CBWTF access), it must follow the prescribed pit specifications (~2m deep, lime-covered, secured against animal access) and maintain a burial-pit register.
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Dry Recyclable Sale to Authorized Buyer
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Battery Waste Management
UPS/inverter batteries and other battery waste must be segregated and handed to an authorised collector, not thrown out with general waste.
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E-Waste Management
E-waste (UPS batteries, old electronics, lighting) must go only to a registered recycler — no separate CPCB registration is needed as a bulk consumer.
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Construction & Demolition (C&D) Waste
Any renovation or demolition work must segregate C&D waste per the local authority's plan; projects over 20,000 sq.m also need EPR portal registration.
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General Compliance (14)
Reporting, licensing, and regulatory obligations beyond waste.
Groundwater Monitoring
This facility needs a purpose-built observation well/piezometer with automated water-level monitoring and annual groundwater-quality testing via a NABL-accredited lab, submitted to the CGWA portal — mandatory where groundwater withdrawal exceeds 10,000 litres/day.
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NGT Site-Specific Orders
If the National Green Tribunal has issued a site-specific order or direction for this facility (compensation, remediation, stop-work, clearance cancellation), those obligations must be tracked and complied with — there is no fixed universal checklist, since requirements come from whatever the specific order says.
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Factories Act 1948
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Fire Safety / Facility Safety
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Groundwater Extraction (CGWA)
If groundwater is drawn from a borewell/tube well, CGWA requires monthly groundwater-level monitoring reported through their portal.
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Shops & Establishments Registration
Nearly every commercial or institutional premises operating in India needs Shops & Establishments registration from the state labour department or municipal corporation — this is separate from any sector-specific licence and applies regardless of business type.
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POSH Internal Complaints Committee
Any workplace with 10 or more employees must proactively constitute an Internal Complaints Committee, including an external member, at every branch or office location — waiting until a complaint arises is itself a violation.
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Electrical safety
Every premises has an electrical installation that needs a current inspection or self-certification. Most fires in buildings start electrically, and a lapsed inspection is the first thing an insurer or investigator asks for.
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Weights & measures
Any quantity you charge or pay for by weight — including waste weighed at a weighbridge — is only as good as a stamped, in-date instrument.
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Site labour duties
These are the labour duties that show up on site — a stocked first-aid box, an accident notice, and proof that the agencies supplying your housekeeping and security staff are licensed. Wages, provident fund and ESI stay with payroll.
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Personal data protection
Resident, visitor, guest, patient, student and staff records — and CCTV — are personal data. The core duties start on 13 May 2027; these tasks get the notice, breach plan and grievance contact in place before then.
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Environmental Statement (Form V)
If your premises runs under an SPCB consent to operate (for an STP, ETP, DG set or boiler) or a hazardous-waste authorisation, you owe the Board a yearly environmental statement — water and raw-material use, pollutants discharged, hazardous and solid waste generated, and measures taken. It is easy to miss because no renewal prompts it.
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Environmental Clearance (EIA)
Projects near sensitive ecosystems or within 10km of a protected area need prior Environmental Clearance before construction begins.
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Rainwater harvesting
Where the state binds existing buildings, a missing or non-working structure is a standing violation and can raise the water bill; elsewhere it is the approval-time condition most often left unmaintained.
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