Aug 5, 2024
Recycling of E-Waste
Posted On: 01 AUG 2024 1:02 PM by PIB Delhi
The Government currently lacks an estimate regarding the proportion of e-waste handled by the informal sector. However, several measures have been implemented to formalize the e-waste recycling sector in India.
Key Initiatives and Regulations
Revised Regulations
The Ministry has comprehensively revised the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016, and introduced the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022, effective from 1st April 2023. These new rules aim to manage e-waste environmentally and improve the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regime. All manufacturers, producers, refurbishers, and recyclers must register on a CPCB-developed portal.
The new provisions facilitate the transition of the informal sector to the formal sector, ensuring environmentally sound recycling of e-waste. The rules also introduce environmental compensation, verification, and audit measures, promoting a circular economy through the EPR regime and scientific recycling or disposal of e-waste.
Additional Provisions
This information was provided by the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.