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district the hazardous waste disposal will be carried out at this site. This will reduce the transportation
distance substantially for the generators of Pune.
In Pune, out of 2783 tons of hazardous waste generated per year, about 98 % requires to be disposed
by land filling, while about 2% of hazardous waste is incinerated. For the discarded barrels and
containers, discarded cyanide containers and oil contaminated filter which are being disposed in
numbers instead of on weight basis are either recycled or are incinerated / land filled. From Pune
with respect to 2004 inventory of hazardous waste done by MPCB, 3% of barrels are land filled, 4%
of containers are incinerated and remaining 93% of containers are recycled.
The waste Lead acid batteries are generated from the battery manufacturers, assemblers,
reconditioners, dealers, bulk consumers, auctioneers, importers and recyclers are being recycled to
recover lead and other recoverable materials.
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is a law enforcing agency for the Maharashtra
state under the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rule 2001 and submits annual status of compliance
to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). From 8 th December 2005, MPCB started effective
implementation of batteries rule by issuing public notices in news paper about the requirements of
batteries rule. MPCB identified manufacturers, re-conditioners, assemblers, dealers, bulk consumers,
recyclers and importers and issued letters for compliance with rules and asked them to submit annual
returns as per the prescribed forms. In order to effectively implement the batteries rule in collection,
storage and transportation stages, consultations with manufacturers and retailers were conducted.
Public awareness programs to increase awareness and participation were conducted.
Figure 3.27 gives details about purchased and returned lead acid batteries in 2002 to 2006 from Pune
region and Figure 3.28 depicts about bulk battery consumers in Pune region in 2002 to 2005
7000 0
60000
Batteries Purchased
Batteries Returned
63318
5000 0
44847
39026
40000
29665
30000
20000
17716
20115
10 0 0 0
4450
1885
0
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 April 05-Sept 05
Year
Figure 3.27: Lead Acid Batteries Purchase and Return in Pune region (2002 – 2006) 42
42 As per data adapted from MPCB Hazardous Waste Inventorization for Pune Region
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