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Battery waste management rules 2022
August 29 , 2022
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- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022.
- It aims to ensure environmentally sound management of waste batteries and replace the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001.
- The rules cover all types of batteries, viz. Electric Vehicle batteries, portable batteries, automotive batteries and industrial batterie.
- The rules will enable setting up a mechanism and centralized online portal.
- This portal is used for exchange of EPR certificates between producers and recyclers/refurbishers to fulfil the obligations of producers.
- This rule is Mandating the minimum percentage of recovery of materials from waste batteries.
- This recovery will bring new technologies and investment in recycling and refurbishment industry and create new business opportunities.
- This rules also, Prescribing the use of certain number of recycled materials in making of new batteries.
- It will reduce the dependency on new raw materials and save natural resources.
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