ICSE-X-Geography
12: Waste Management Class 10 Geography
- #5Explain the role of government in waste management.Ans : The government is hot just the protector of the country’s environment but also has a major responsibility for sustaining environmental conscience. The government’s environmental policy focusses on the following areas:
- The check degradation of land and water through wasteland management and restorations of river water quality programmes.
- To monitor development through environmental impact assessment studies of major project proposals; and
- To make laws and acts for environment protection and to initiate penal measures against those who violate these laws.