The recent notification by the Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change, Government of India of the Environment
(Construction and Demolition) Waste Management Rules, 2025
(“Construction Waste Rules”) appears
as a response to growing concerns about construction dust pollution
from projects across India. The Construction Waste Rules seek to
replace Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016
(“Erstwhile Rules”) with several
departures from the earlier regime.
The Construction Waste Rules are wider and more complex in scope
than the Erstwhile Rules. The Erstwhile Rules provided a framework
for the collection, segregation, recycling, treatment and disposal
of waste resulting from construction, re-modeling, repair and
demolition of any civil structure. On the other hand, the
Construction Waste Rules set out an integrated framework for waste
management as well as utilization by imposing extended producer
responsibility (“EPR”) aided by a
central
