- caters to all the issues related to:
- environment ➡️ not considered by previous laws
- previous laws → highly specific
- Public Liabilities
- industrial safety / sitting
- modern biotech / genetic engineering
- noise pollution
- battery management
- e-waste management
- plastic waste management
- hazardous waste
- O3 depleting substances management
- environmental justice
- coastal area management
- EIA
- eco-sensitive zones
- municipal solid waste
- biomedical waste
- previous laws → highly specific
- environment ➡️ not considered by previous laws