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E-waste (management) rules 2022
November 21 , 2022
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- It will come into force from 1 April next year and apply to every manufacturer, producer refurbisher, dismantler and recycler of e-waste.
- India is the third-largest e-waste generator in the world after China and the USA as per the Global E-waste Monitor 2020.
- E-Waste refers to all items of electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) and its parts that have been discarded by their owner as waste without the intent of re-use.
- Under E-Waste Management Rules 2016, it is mandatory for the organization to comply with the Extended producer responsibility of recycling e-waste.
- In this, the Extended Producer Responsibility Certificates (similar to carbon credit mechanism) will allow the offsetting of e-waste responsibility to a third party.
- It restricts the use of hazardous substances (such as lead, mercury, and cadmium) in manufacturing electrical and electronic equipment.
- It increases the range of electronic goods covered e.g., laptops, mobile, cameras etc.
- Producers of electronic goods have to ensure at least 60% of their electronic waste is collected and recycled by 2023 with targets to increase them to 70% and 80% in 2024 and 2025, respectively.
- The ‘Environmental compensation’ is to be provided by the companies that don’t meet their target.
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