The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 19th May 2022, has published the E-Waste (Management) Draft Rules which shall apply to every manufacturer, producer, of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), refurbisher and recycler involved in manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, and processing of e-waste or electrical and electronic equipments.
The manufacturers, Producers, Recyclers and Refurbisher shall register on the centralized portal of CPCB. These entities shall not carry out any business without registration. In case, any registered entity furnishes false information or willfully conceals information for getting registration or return /report/information required to be provided/furnished under this regulation or in case of any irregularity, the registration of such entity may be revoked by CPCB for a period up to three-years after giving an opportunity to be heard.
The CPCB may charge registration fee and annual maintenance charges from the applicants based on capacity of e-waste generated/recycled/handled by them @ decided by CPCB with the approval of the steering committee.
Every manufacturer, producer, refurbisher and recycler may store the e-waste for a period not exceeding 180days and shall maintain a record of sale, transfer and storage of e-wastes and make these records available for inspection. The storage of the e-waste will be done as per relevant rules/ guidelines.
Provided that CPCB may extend the said period up to 365days in case the e-waste needs to be specifically stored for development of a process for its recycling or reuse.
Transportation of waste generated from manufacturing or recycling destined for final disposal to a treatment, storage and disposal facility shall follow the provisions under Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.
MoEFC has invited objection/suggestion from the public on the above draft rules, which shall be addressed to the Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road, Aliganj, New Delhi110003 or electronically at email address: mishra.vp@gov.in or vinodsingh.77@gov.in within 60 days.
