The Government notified the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022, on November 2, 2022. These rules will replace the E-waste (Management) Rules, 2016, and will be effective from April 1, 2023. These rules will launch a new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regime for e-waste recycling. The salient feature of new rules is as under:
• Applicable to every manufacturer, producer, refurbisher, dismantler, and recycler who must register with CPCB. No entity shall carry out any business without registration and not deal with any unregistered entity.
• The authorisation has now been replaced by registration through an online portal, and only manufacturers, producers, refurbishers and recyclers require registration.
• Schedule I has been expanded, and now 106 Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) have been included under the EPR regime.
• Producers of notified EEE have been given annual E-Waste Recycling targets based on the generation from the previously sold EEE or based on sales of EEE, as the case may be. • Management of solar PV modules /panels/ cells added in new rules.
• The recycled quantity will be computed based on end-products to avoid false claims.
• Provision for generation and transaction of EPR Certificate has been introduced.
• Provisions for environmental compensation and verification & audit have been introduced.
Under these rules, a provision for reducing hazardous substances in the manufacturing of EEE has been provided. It mandates that every producer of EEE and their components shall ensure that their products do not contain lead, mercury, and other hazardous substances beyond the maximum prescribed concentration. It also provides for recognition and registration, skill development, monitoring, and ensuring the safety and health of workers involved in dismantling and recycling e-waste
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