Today, there are major environmental challenges associated with hazardous
waste management in India. In this regard, hazardous production is increasing rapidly
and it's required proper management to be improving the future of India. In this
context, the Indian government's policy and legislation are not working properly on
Hazardous Waste Management (HWM), thereby triggering enormous public health
issues. The effective Hazardous waste (HW) treatment practices are of paramount
importance to protect human health, and in addition, this is a social responsibility for
the safety of the future generation. This chapter reviews the current situation on the
rules and regulations of HWM and policy to adopt new successful approaches and
techniques that are used worldwide to address this issue in India. Current systems in
India cannot cope with the volumes of waste generated by an increasing urban
population because of the lack of adequate infrastructure but these challenges will
allow to transforming barriers in good opportunities for sustainable growth.
Keywords: Biomedical hazardous waste, Hazardous waste management, India,
Municipal hazardous solid waste, Urbanization.
