India, Jan. 28 -- The Union environment ministry has notified the solid waste management rules, shifting the burden of processing waste from overextended municipal governments to large-scale commercial and residential entities that produce it.

The new Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, which supersede the 2016 framework, require BWG such as large housing societies, government offices, malls, hotels and hospitals to treat their own organic waste on-site. These large groups produce about 30% of all city waste, a government statement on the new rules said.

If they can't process it on-site, they must hire professional waste managers and obtain an EBWGR (extended bulk waste generator responsibility) certificate to demonstrate that their was...