- offers to sell imported electrical and electronic equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares; or
- who imports used electrical and electronic equipment;
irrespective of the selling technique used such as dealer, retailer, e-retailer, etc.;
- ‘recycler’ means any person or entity who is engaged in recycling and reprocessing of waste electrical and electronic equipment or assemblies or their components or their parts for recovery of precious, semi-precious metals including rare earth elements and other useful recoverable materials to strengthened the secondary sourced materials and having facilities as elaborated in the guidelines of the Central Pollution Control Board made in this regard;
- ‘refurbisher’ means any person or entity repairing or assembling used electrical and electronic equipment as listed in Schedule-I for extending its working life over its originally intended life and for same use as originally intended, and selling the same in the market;
- ‘Schedule’ means the Schedule appended to these rules;
- ‘spares’ means a part or a sub-assembly or assembly for substitution which is ready to replace an identical or similar part or sub-assembly or assemblyincluding a component or an accessory; and
- ‘target’ means the quantity of e-waste to be recycled through registered recycler by the producer in fulfilment of extended producer responsibility.
(2) Words and expressions used in these rules and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the same meanings as respectively, as assigned to them in the Act.
CHAPTER II
Extended Producer Responsibility Framework
- Registration. – (1) The entities shall register on the portal in any of the following category, namely: –
- manufacturer;
- producer;
- refurbisher; or
- recycler.
- In case any entity falls in more than one categories under sub-rule (1), then the entity shall register under those categories separately.
- No entity referred in sub-rule (1) shall carry out any business without registration.
- The entities registered under sub-rule (1) shall not deal with any unregistered manufacturer, producer, recycler and refurbisher.
- Where any registered entity furnishes false information or willfully conceals information for getting registration or return or report or information required to be provided or furnished under these rules or in case of any irregularity, the registration of such entity may be revoked by the Central Pollution Control Board for a period up to three-years after giving an opportunity to be heard and in addition, environmental compensation charges may also be levied as per rule 22 in such cases.
- The Central Pollution Control Board may charge such registration fee and annual maintenance charges from the entities seeking registration under these rules based on capacity of e-waste generated or recycled or handled by them as laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board with the approval of the Steering Committee.
CHAPTER III RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsibilities of the manufacturer. – All manufacturer shall have to, –
- register on the portal;
- collect e-waste generated during the manufacture of any electrical and electronic equipment and ensure its recycling or disposal;
- file annual and quarterly returns in the laid down form on the portal on or before end of the month succeeding the quarter or year, as the case may be, to which the return relates.
- Responsibilities of the producer. – The producer of electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I shall be responsible for –
- registration on the portal;
- obtaining and implementing extended producer responsibility targets as per Schedule-III and Schedule-IV through the portal:
Provided that the producer having extended producer responsibility plan under the provisions of the erstwhile E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 shall migrate under these rules as per the procedure laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board with approval of Steering Committee;
- creating awareness through media, publications, advertisements, posters or by any other means of communication;
- file annual and quarterly returns in the laid down form on the portal on or before the end of the month succeeding the quarter or year, as the case may be, to which the return relates.
- Responsibilities of the refurbisher. – All refurbisher shall have to, –
- register on the portal;
- collect e-waste generated during the process of refurbishing and hand over the waste to registered recycler and upload information on the portal;
- ensure that the refurbished equipment shall be as per Compulsory Registration Scheme of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Standards of Bureau of Indian Standards framed for this purpose;
- file annual and quarterly returns in the laid down form on the portal on or before the end of the month succeeding the quarter or year, as the case may be, to which the return relates.
- Responsibilities of bulk consumer. – Bulk consumers of electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I shall ensure that e-waste generated by them shall be handed over only to the registered producer, refurbisher or recycler.
- Responsibilities of the recycler. – All recycler shall have to, –
- register on the portal;
- ensure that the facility and recycling processes are in accordance with the standards or guidelines laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard from time to time;
- ensure that the fractions or material not recycled in its facility is sent to the respective registered recyclers;
- ensure that residue generated during recycling process is disposed of in anauthorised treatment storage disposal facility;
- maintain record of e-waste collected, dismantled, recycled and sent to registered recycler on the portal and make available all records for verification or audit as and when required;
- file annual and quarterly returns in the laid down form on the portal on or before the end of the month succeeding the quarter or year, as the case may be, to which the return relates;
- accept waste electrical and electronic equipment or components not listed in Schedule-I for recycling provided that they do not contain any radioactive material and same shall be uploaded on the portal;
- create awareness through media, publications, advertisements, posters or by such other means of communication;
- account for and upload information about any non-recyclable e-waste or any quantity which is not recycled and disposed of;
- take help of dismantlers for recycling purposes:
Provided that it shall be the responsibility of recycler to ensure proper material flow to and from those dismantlers and the dismantler shall give dismantled material to registered recycler only and maintain record of the same.
- Responsibilities of State Government or Union territories. – (1) The Department of Industry in the State and Union territory or any other government agency authorised in this regard by the State Government or the Union territory, as the case may be, shall ensure earmarking or allocation of industrial space or shed for e-waste dismantling andrecycling in the existing and upcoming industrial park, estate and industrial clusters.
- Department of Labor in the State and Union territory or any other government agency authorised in this regard by the State Government or the Union territory, as the case may be, shall, –
- ensure recognition and registration of workers involved in dismantlingand recycling;
- assist formation of groups of such workers to facilitate setting up of dismantling facilities;
- undertake industrial skill development activities for the workers involved in dismantling and recycling;
- undertake annual monitoring and to ensure safety and health of workers involved in dismantling and recycling.
CHAPTER IV
- Procedure for storage of e-waste. – Every manufacturer, producer, refurbisher and recycler may store the e-waste for a period not exceeding one hundred and eighty days and shall maintain a record of sale, transfer and storage of e-wastes and make these records available for inspection and the storage of the e-waste shall be done as per the applicable rules or guidelines for the time being in force:
Provided that the Central Pollution Control Board may extend the said period up to three hundred and sixty-five days in case the e-waste needs to be specifically stored for development of a process for its recycling or reuse.
CHAPTER V
- Management of solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells. – (1) These rules shall be applicable to solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells, subject to provisions of this chapter.
- Every manufacturer and producer of solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells shall, –
- ensure registration on the portal;
- store solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells waste generated up to the year 2034- 2035 as per the guidelines laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard;
- file annual returns in the laid down form on the portal on or before the end of the year to which the return relates up to year 2034-2035;
- ensure that the processing of the waste other than solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells shall be done as per the applicable rules or guidelines for the time being in force;
- ensure that the inventory of solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells shall be put in place distinctly on portal;
- comply with standard operating procedure and guidelines laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard.
- Recycler of solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells shall be mandated for recovery of material as laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard.
CHAPTER VI
- Modalities of the extended producer responsibility Regime. – (1) All producers shall fulfil their extended producer responsibility obligation as per Schedule-III and Schedule-IV, in doing so they may also take help of third party organisations such as producer responsibility organisations, collection centres, dealers etc.:
Provided that the extended producer responsibility shall lie entirely on the producer only.
- The extended producer responsibility for each product shall be decided on the basis of the information provided by the producers on the portal and the individual product’s life period as laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard and the targets specified in Schedule-III and Schedule-IV.
- (i) The producer shall fulfill their extended producer responsibility through online purchase of extended producer responsibility certificate from registered recyclers only and submit it online by filing quarterly return.
- The details provided by producer and registered recycler shall be cross-checked on the portal.
- In case of any difference, the lower figure shall be considered towards fulfilment of extended producer responsibility obligation of the producer.
- The certificates shall be subject to environmental audit by the Central Pollution Control Board or any other agencies authorized by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard.
- Extended producer responsibility Certificate Generation. – (1) Recycling. – (i) The Central Pollution Control Board shall generate extended producer responsibility certificate through the portal in favour of a registered recycler in the format laid down by it in this regard.
- (a) The quantity eligible for generation of extended producer responsibility certificate shall be calculated by the following formula namely:
*QEPR = Qp x Cf
*the QEPR is the quantity eligible for generation of the certificate, Qp is the quantity of the end product and Cf is the conversion factor (quantity of inputs required for production of one unit of output)
(b) Conversion factor Cf for each end product shall be determined by Central Pollution Control Board with the approval of the steering committee.
- The validity of the extended producer responsibility certificate shall be two years from the end of the financial year in which it was generated and the expired certificate automatically extinguished after the period unless extinguished earlier as per the provisions of these rules.
- Each extended producer responsibility certificate shall have a unique number containing year of generation, code of end product, recycler code and a unique code and the extended producer responsibility certificates shall be in the denominations of 100, 200, 500 and 1000 kg or such other denominations as may be laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board with the approval of the Steering Committee.
- Refurbishing. – (i) The e-waste shall also be allowed for refurbishing and refurbisher shall have to get registered on the portal and based on the data provided, refurbishing certificate shall be generated in favour of a registered refurbisher in the format laid down by it in this regard.
- On production of the refurbishing certificates purchased from the registered refurbishers, the extended producer responsibility of the producers shall be deferred by the duration as laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board for the corresponding quantity of e-waste and shall be added to the extended producer responsibility of the producer upon expiry of the extended life of the refurbished product.
- To incentivise refurbishing, only 75 per cent of the deferred quantity shall be added to the extended producer responsibility of the producer for recycling upon expiry of the extended life of the refurbished product.
Example: – If a producer has extended producer responsibility obligation of 100 tonnes in the year 2023-2024 and he purchases recycling certificate of 60 tonnes and refurbishing certificate of 40 tonnes and the concerned item has extended life of five years due to refurbishing.
In this case 60 tonnes of the extended producer responsibility of the producer shall be achieved in the year 2023-2024 itself and 75 per cent of the reaming 40 tonne i.e. 30 tonnes shall be carried over and added to the extended producer responsibility of that producer for the year 2028-2029 for that item.
- The extended producer responsibility obligation shall be extinguished only after end of life disposal through a registered recycler and producing extended producer responsibility certificate and not by refurbishing certificate.
- Transaction of extended producer responsibility certificates. – (1) A producer may purchase extended producer responsibility certificates limited to its extended producer responsibility liability of current year (Year Y) plus any leftover liability of preceding years plus 5 per cent of the current year liability.
- The extended producer responsibility obligation shall have to be fulfilled by the producers by proportionately purchasing extended producer responsibility certificate on quarterly basis.
- As soon as the producer purchases extended producer responsibility certificate, it shall be automatically adjusted against its liability and priority in adjustment shall be given to earlier liability and the extended producer responsibility certificate so adjusted shall be automatically extinguished and cancelled.
- As soon as producer purchases refurbishing certificates its extended producer responsibility liability shall be deferred automatically for the relevant quantity of the product, for the duration as laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board.
- The availability, requirement and other details of the extended producer responsibility certificate and refurbishing certificates for every producer or recycler or refurbisher shall be made available on the portal.
- All the transactions under these rules shall be recorded and submitted by the producers or recyclers on the portal at the time of filing of quarterly returns.
CHAPTER VII
REDUCTION IN THE USE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND THEIR COMPONENTS OR CONSUMABLES OR PARTS OR SPARES
- Reduction in the use of hazardous substances in the manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares. – (1) Every producer of electrical and electronic equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares listed in Schedule I shall ensure that, new electrical and electronic equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares do not contain Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent Chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers beyond a maximum concentration value of 0.1 per cent by weight in homogenous materials for lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers and of 0.01 per cent by weight in homogenous materials for cadmium.
- Components or consumables or parts or spares required for the electrical and electronic equipment placed in the market prior to the 1st May, 2014 may be exempted from the provisions
of sub-rule (1) provided reduction of hazardous substances compliant parts and spares are not available.
- The applications listed in Schedule-II shall be exempted from provisions of sub- rule (1).
- Every producer of applications listed in Schedule-II shall ensure that the limits of hazardous substances as given in Schedule-II are to be complied.
- Every producer shall provide the detailed information on the constituents of the equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares along with a declaration of conformance to the reduction of hazardous substances provisions in the product user documentation.
- Imports or placement in the market for new electrical and electronic equipment shall be permitted only for those which are compliant to provisions of sub-rules (1) and (4).
- Manufacture and supply of electrical and electronic equipment used for defence and other similar strategic applications shall be excluded from provisions of sub- rule (1).
- Every producer shall provide information on the compliance of the provisions of sub-rule (1) and this information shall be in terms of self-declaration.
- Manufacturer shall use the technology or methods so as to make the end product recyclable;
- Manufacturer shall ensure that component or part made by different manufacturer are compatible with each other so as to reduce the quantity of e-waste.
- The Central Pollution Control Board shall conduct random sampling of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market to monitor and verify the compliance of reduction of hazardous substances provisions and the cost for sample and testing shall be borne by the producer and the random sampling shall be as per the guidelines laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard.
- If the product does not comply with reduction of hazardous substances provisions, the producer shall take corrective measures to bring the product into compliance and withdraw or recall the product from the market, within a reasonable period as per the guidelines laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard.
- The Central Pollution Control Board shall lay down the methods for sampling andanalysis of hazardous substances as listed in sub-rule (1) with respect to the items listed in Schedule-I and Schedule-II and also enlist the labs for the said purpose.
CHAPTER VIII MISCELLANEOUS
- Duties of Authorities. – Subject to the other provisions of these rules, the authorities shall perform duties as specified in Schedule-V.
- Annual Report. – The Central Pollution Control Board shall submit an annual report to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change regarding status of implementation of the e-waste management rules with quantitative and qualitative analysis along with its recommendations, within one month of the end of the financial year.
- Transportation of e-waste. – Transportation of waste generated from manufacturing or recycling destined for final disposal to a treatment, storage and disposal facility shall follow the provisions under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.
- Accident reporting. – Where an accident occurs at the facility processing e-waste or during transportation of e-waste, the producer, refurbisher, transporter, dismantler, or recycler, as the case may be, shall report immediately to the concerned State Pollution Control Board about the accident through telephone and e-mail.
- Appeal. – (1) Any person aggrieved by an order of suspension or cancellation or refusal of registration or its renewal passed by the Central Pollution Control Board, within a period of thirty days
from the date on which the order is communicated to him, prefer an appeal to the Additional Secretary or Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change duly nominated by the Central Government in this regard.
(2) The Appellate Authority may entertain the appeal after expiry of the said period of thirty days if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time.
- Environmental Compensation. – (1) The Central Pollution Control Board shall lay down guidelines for imposition and collection of environmental compensation on any entity in case of violation of any of the provision of these rules and guidelines issued hereunder and the said guidelines shall be in accordance with these rules and shall be approved by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
- The Central Pollution Control Board shall also lay down guidelines for imposition and collection of environmental compensation on the producer in case of non-fulfilment of obligations set out in these rules and transaction or use of false extended producer responsibility certificate and the said guidelines shall be in accordance with these rules and shall be approved by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
- The environmental compensation shall also be levied on unregistered producers, manufacturer, refurbisher, recyclers and any entity which aids or abets the violation of these rules.
- (i) Payment of environmental compensation shall not absolve the producer from the extended producer responsibility as specified in these rules and the unfulfilled extended producer responsibility for a particular year shall be carried forward to the next year and so on and up to three years.
- In case, the shortfall of extended producer responsibility obligation is addressed after one year, 85 per cent of the environmental compensation levied shall be returned to the producer.
- In case, the shortfall of extended producer responsibility obligation is addressed after two year, 60 per cent of the environmental compensation levied shall be returned to the producer, and in case, the shortfall of extended producer responsibility obligation is addressed after three year, 30 per cent of the environmental compensation levied shall be returned to the producer, thereafter no environmental compensation shall be returned to the producer.
- False information resulting in over generation of extended producer responsibility certificates by recycler shall result in revocation of registration and imposition of environmental compensation which shall not be returnable and repeat offence, violation of these rules for three times or more shall also result in permanent revocation of registration over and above the environmental compensation charges.
- (i) The funds collected under environmental compensation shall be kept in a separate Escrow account by the Central Pollution Control Board and the funds collected shall be utilizsed in collection and recycling or end of life disposal of uncollected, historical, orphaned e-waste and non-recycled or non-end of life disposal of e-waste on which the environment compensation is levied, research and development, incentivising recyclers, financial assistance to local bodies for managing waste management projects and on other heads as decided by the committee.
(ii) The modalities and heads for utilisation of the funds shall be decided by the Steering Committee with the approval of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
- Prosecution. – Any person, who provides incorrect information required under these rules for obtaining extended producer responsibility certificates, uses or causes to be used false or forged extended producer responsibility certificates in any manner, willfully violates the directions given under these rules or fails to cooperate in the verification and audit proceedings, may be prosecuted under section 15 of the Act, 1986 and this prosecution shall be in addition to the environmental compensation levied under rule 22.
- Verification and Audit. – The Central Pollution Control Board by itself or through a designated agency shall verify compliance of these rules by producers, manufacturer, refurbisher, dismantlers and
recyclers through random inspection and periodic audit, as deemed appropriate so as to take action against violations of the provisions of these rules as per rule 22.
- Steering Committee. – (1) There shall be a Steering Committee under the Chairmanship of Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board to oversee the overall implementation of these rules and the Steering Committee shall comprise of following other members in addition to the chair, namely: –
- one representative of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change;
- one representative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology;
- one representative of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy;
- one representative of the Ministry of Housing and urban Affairs;
- a maximum of two representatives of electrical and electronic equipment Producer and Manufacturer Association;
- a maximum of two representatives of E-Waste Recycler Associations;
- one representative of State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee as co-opted by the Chairman of the Steering Committee;
- Head of the Concerned Division of the Central Pollution Control Board – Member- Convener.
- The steering committee shall be responsible for overall implementation, monitoring and supervision of these rules and it shall also decide upon the disputes arisen from time to time and on representations received in this regard, and shall refer to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change any substantial issue arisen or pertaining to these rules.
- The steering committee shall review and revise the guidelines or extended producer responsibility target or addition of new Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Schedule I, in view of the technological advancements and other factors with the approval of the Central Government.
- The Steering Committee shall take all such measures as it deems necessary for proper implementation of provisions of these rules.
SCHEDULE – I
[See rules 2, 3 (b), 3 (c), 3 (m), 3 (o), 3 (p), 3 (q), 3 (v), 6, 8, 10 (7), 16 (13)]
Categories of electrical and electronic equipment including their components,consumables, parts and spares covered under the rules
| Sl. No. | Categories of electrical and electronic equipment | Electrical and electronic equipment code |
| (i) | Information technology and telecommunication equipment: | |
| Centralized data processing: Mainframes, Minicomputers | ITEW1 | |
| Personal Computing: Personal Computers (Central Processing unit with input and output devices) | ITEW2 | |
| Personal Computing: Laptop Computers (Central Processing unit with input and output devices) | ITEW3 | |
| Personal Computing: Notebook Computers | ITEW4 | |
| Personal Computing: Notepad Computers | ITEW5 | |
| Printers including cartridges | ITEW6 | |
| Copying Equipment | ITEW7 | |
| Electrical and Electronic Typewriters | ITEW8 | |
| User terminal and Systems | ITEW9 | |
| Facsimile | ITEW10 | |
| Telex | ITEW11 |
| Telephones | ITEW12 | |
| Pay telephones | ITEW13 | |
| Cordless telephones | ITEW14 | |
| Cellular telephones | ITEW15 | |
| Answering System | ITEW16 | |
| Products or equipment of transmitting sound, images or other information by telecommunications | ITEW17 | |
| BTS (all components excluding structure of tower) | ITEW18 | |
| Tablets, I-PAD | ITEW19 | |
| Phablets | ITEW20 | |
| Scanners | ITEW21 | |
| Routers | ITEW22 | |
| GPS | ITEW23 | |
| UPS | ITEW24 | |
| Inverter | ITEW25 | |
| Modems | ITEW26 | |
| Electronic data storage devices | ITEW27 | |
| (ii) | Consumer Electrical and Electronics and Photovoltaic Panels: | |
| Television sets (including sets based on Liquid Crystal Display and light Emitting Diode Technology) | CEEW1 | |
| Refrigerator | CEEW2 | |
| Washing Machine | CEEW3 | |
| Air- Conditioners excluding centralised air conditioning plants | CEEW4 | |
| Fluorescent and other Mercury containing lamps | CEEW5 | |
| Screen, Electronic Photo frames, Electronic Display Panel, Monitors | CEEW6 | |
| Radio sets | CEEW7 | |
| Set top Boxes | CEEW8 | |
| Video Cameras | CEEW9 | |
| Video Recorders | CEEW10 | |
| Hi-Fi Recorders | CEEW11 | |
| Audio Amplifiers | CEEW12 | |
| Other products or equipment for the purpose of recording or reproducing sound or images including signals and other technologies for the distribution of sound and image by telecommunications | CEEW13 | |
| Solar panels/cells, solar Photovoltaic panels/cells/modules. | CEEW14 | |
| Luminaires for fluorescent lamps with the exception of luminaires in households | CEEW15 | |
| High intensity discharge lamps, including pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps | CEEW16 | |
| Low pressure sodium lamps | CEEW17 | |
| Other lighting or equipment for the purpose of spreading or controlling light excluding filament bulbs | CEEW18 | |
| Digital camera | CEEW19 | |
| (iii) | Large and Small Electrical and Electronic Equipment | |
| Large cooling appliances | LSEEW1 | |
| Freezers | LSEEW2 | |
| Other large appliances used for refrigeration, conservation and storage of food | LSEEW3 |
| Clothes dryers | LSEEW4 | |
| Dish Washing Machines | LSEEW5 | |
| Electric cookers | LSEEW6 | |
| Electric stoves | LSEEW7 | |
| Electric hot plates | LSEEW8 | |
| Microwaves, Microwave Oven | LSEEW9 | |
| Other large appliances used for cooking and other processing of food | LSEEW10 | |
| Electric heating appliances | LSEEW11 | |
| Electric radiators | LSEEW12 | |
| Other large appliances for heating rooms, beds, seating furniture | LSEEW13 | |
| Electric fans | LSEEW14 | |
| Other fanning, exhaust ventilation and conditioning equipment | LSEEW15 | |
| Vacuum cleaners | LSEEW16 | |
| Carpet sweepers | LSEEW17 | |
| Other appliances for cleaning | LSEEW18 | |
| Appliances used for sewing, knitting, weaving and other processing for textiles | LSEEW19 | |
| Iron and other appliances for ironing, mangling and other care of clothing | LSEEW20 | |
| Grinders, coffee machines and equipment for opening or sealing containers or packages | LSEEW21 | |
| Smoke detector | LSEEW22 | |
| Heating Regulators | LSEEW23 | |
| Thermostats | LSEEW24 | |
| Automatic dispensers for hot drinks | LSEEW25 | |
| Automatic dispensers for hot or cold bottles or cans | LSEEW26 | |
| Automatic dispensers for solid products | LSEEW27 | |
| Automatic dispensers for money | LSEEW28 | |
| All appliances which deliver automatically all kinds of products | LSEEW29 | |
| Indoor air purifier | LSEEW30 | |
| Hair dryer | LSEEW31 | |
| Electric shaver | LSEEW32 | |
| Electric kettle | LSEEW33 | |
| Electronic display panels/board/visual display unit | LSEEW34 | |
| (iv) | Electrical and Electronic Tools (With the exception of large- Scale Stationary Industrial Tools) | |
| Drills | EETW1 | |
| Saws | EETW2 | |
| Sewing Machines | EETW3 | |
| Equipment for turning, milling, sanding, grinding, sawing, cutting, shearing, drilling, making holes, punching, folding, bending or similar processing of wood, metal and other materials | EETW4 | |
| Tools for riveting, nailing or screwing or removing rivets, nails, screws or similar uses | EETW5 | |
| Tools for welding, soldering, or similar use | EETW6 | |
| Equipment for spraying, spreading, dispersing or other treatment of liquid or gaseous substance by other means | EETW7 | |
| Tools for mowing or other gardening activities | EETW8 |
| (v) | Toys, Leisure and Sports Equipment | |
| Electrical trains or car racing sets | TLSEW1 | |
| Hand-held video games consoles | TLSEW2 | |
| Video games | TLSEW3 | |
| Computers for biking, diving, running, rowing, etc. | TLSEW4 | |
| Sports equipment with electric or electronic components | TLSEW5 | |
| Coin slot machines | TLSEW6 | |
| (vi) | Medical Devices (With the Exception of All Implanted and Infected Products) | |
| Radiotherapy equipment and accessories | MDW1 | |
| Cardiology equipment and accessories | MDW2 | |
| Dialysis equipment and accessories | MDW3 | |
| Pulmonary ventilators and accessories | MDW4 | |
| Nuclear Medicine Equipment and accessories | MDW5 | |
| Laboratory equipment for in vitro diagnosis and accessories | MDW6 | |
| Analysers and accessories | MDW7 | |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanner, Computed Tomography (CT) Scanner, & Ultrasound Equipment along with accessories | MDW8 | |
| Fertilization tests equipment and accessories | MDW9 | |
| Other electric appliances/equipment/kits used for preventing, screening, detecting, monitoring, evaluating, reviewing, examining, investigating, probing, treating illness sickness, disease, disorder, affliction, infection, injury, trauma, abuse or disability including the Mobiles, Tablets or any other device with the features having the potential of sex selection and their accessories | MDW10 | |
| (vii) | Laboratory Instruments | |
| Gas analyser | LIW1 | |
| Equipment having electrical and electronic components | LIW2 |
SCHEDULE – II
[ See rules 16(3), 16(4), 16(13)]
| Applications, which are exempted from the requirements of sub-rule (1) of rule 16 | |
| Sl. No. | Substance |
| 1. | Mercury in single capped (compact) fluorescent lamps not exceeding (perburner): |
| (a) | for general lighting purposes <30 W : 2.5 mg |
| (b) | for general lighting purposes ≥ 30 W and <50 W : 3.5mg |
| (c) | for general lighting purposes ≥ 50 W and <150 W : 5mg |
| (d) | for general lighting purposes ≥150 W : 15 mg |
| (e) | for general lighting purposes with circular or square structural shape and tubediameter ≤17 mm : 7mg |
| (f) | for special purposes:5 mg |
| 2.(a) | Mercury in double-capped linear fluorescent lamps for general lighting purposes not exceeding (per lamp): |
| (1) | Tri-band phosphor with normal life time and a tube diameter < 9mm (e.g.T2): 4mg |
| (2) | Tri-band phosphor with normal life time and a tube diameter ≥ 9 mm and ≤ 17 mm (e.g. T5): 3 mg |
| (3) | Tri- band phosphor with normal life time and a tube diameter >17 mm and ≤ 28 mm(e.g. T8): 3.5 mg |
| (4) | Tri-band phosphor with normal life time and a tube diameter >28 mm (e.g. T12):3.5 mg |
| (5) | Tri-band phosphor with long life time (≥25000 h):5mg |
| 2.(b) | Mercury in other fluorescent lamps not exceeding(per lamp): |
| (1) | Linear halophosphate lamps with tube >28 mm (e.g. T 10 and T12):10 mg |
| (2) | Non-linear halophosphate lamps(all diameters):15mg |
| (3) | Non-linear tri-band phosphor lamps with tube diameter >17 mm(e.g.T9):15 mg |
| (4) | Lamps for other general lighting and special purposes (e.g. inductionlamps):15mg |
| 3. | Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescentlamps (CCFL and EEFL)for special purposes not exceeding (per lamp): |
| (a) | Short length( < 500 mm):3.5mg |
| (b) | Medium length(>500 mm and<1500 mm): 5mg |
| (c) | Long length(>1500 mm): 13mg |
| 4.(a) | Mercury in other low pressure discharge lamps (per lamp): 15mg |
| (b) | Mercury in High Pressure Sodium (vapour) lamps for general lighting purposes not exceeding (per burner)in lamps with improved colour renderingindex Ra>60: |
| (b)-I | P ≤155 W : 30 mg |
| (b)-II | 155 W < P <405 W : 40 mg |
| (b)-III | P >405 W: 40 mg |
| (c) | Mercury in other High Pressure Sodium (vapour) lamps for general lighting purposes not exceeding (per burner): |
| (c)-I | P<155 W:25mg |
| (c)-II | 155 W < P < 405 W:30 mg |
| (c)-III | P >405 W:40 mg |
| (d) | Mercury in High Pressure Mercury (vapour) lamps (HPMV) |
| (e) | Mercury in metal halide lamps (MH) |
| (f) | Mercury in other discharge lamps for special purposes not specifically mentioned in this Schedule |
| 5.(a) | Lead in glass of cathode ray tubes |
| (b) | Lead in glass of fluorescent tubes not exceeding 0.2% by weight |
| 6.(a) | Lead as an alloying element in steel for machining purposes and in galvanized steel containing up to 0.35% lead by weight |
| (b) | Lead as an alloying element in aluminium containing up to 0.4% lead byweight |
| (c) | Copper alloy containing up to 4% lead by weight |
| 7.(a) | Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing 85% by weight or more lead) |
| (b) | Lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission, and network management for telecommunications |
| (c) | Electrical and electronic components containing lead in a glass or ceramic other than dielectric ceramic in capacitors, e.g. piezoelectronic devices, or in aglass or ceramic matrix compound. |
| (d) | Lead in dielectric ceramic in capacitors for a rated voltage of 125 V AC or250 V DC or higher |
| (e) | Lead in dielectric ceramic in capacitors for a rated voltage of less than 125V AC or 250 V DC |
| 8.(a) | Cadmium and its compounds in one shot pellet type thermal cut-offs |
| (b) | Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contracts |
| 9. | Hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators up to 0.75% by weight in the cooling solution |
| (a) | Lead in bearing shells and bushes for refrigerant-containing compressors for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) application. |
| 10.(a) | Lead used in C-press compliant pin connector systems |
| (b) | Lead used in other than C-press compliant pin connector systems |
| 11. | Lead as a coating material for the thermal conduction module C- ring |
| 12.(a) | Lead in white glasses used for optical applications |
| (b) | Cadmium and lead in filter glasses and glasses used for reflectance standards. |
| 13. | Lead in solders consisting of more than two elements for the connection between the pins and the package of microprocessors with a lead content of more than 80% and less than 85% by weight |
| 14. | Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection betweensemiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages. |
| 15. | Lead in linear incandescent lamps with silicate coated tubes |
| 16. | Lead halide as radiant agent in high intensity discharge (HID) lamps used forprofessional reprography applications. |
| 17.(a) | Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1% lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as specialty lamps for diazoprinting reprography, lithography, insect traps, photochemical and curing processes containing phosphors such as SMS ((Sr, Ba)2Mg Si2O7:Pb) |
| (b) | Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1% lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as sun tanning lamps containing phosphors suchas BSP (Ba Si2O5:Pb) |
| 18. | Lead with PbBiSn-Hg and PblnSn-Hg in specific compositions as main amalgam and with PbSn-Hg as auxiliary amalgam in very compact energy saving lamps (ESL) |
| 19. | Lead oxide in glass used for bonding front and rear substrates of flat fluorescent lamps used for Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) |
| 20. | Lead and cadmium in printing inks for the application of enamels onglasses, such as borosilicate and soda lime glasses |
| 21. | Lead in finishes of fine pitch components other than connectors with a pitch of 0.65 mm and less |
| 22. | Lead in solders for the soldering to machine through hole discoidal and planar array ceramic multilayer capacitors |
| 23. | Lead oxide in surface conduction electron emitter displays (SED) used instructural elements, notably in the seal frit and frit ring. |
| 24. | Lead oxide in the glass envelope of black light blue lamps |
| 25. | Lead alloys as solder for transducers used in high-powered (designated to operate for several hours at acoustic power levels of 125 dB SPL and above) loudspeakers |
| 26. | Lead bound in crystal glass |
| 27. | Cadmium alloys as electrical/mechanical solder joints to electrical conductors located directly on the voice coil in transducers used in high-powered loudspeakers with sound pressure levels of 100 dB(A) and more |
| 28. | Lead in soldering materials in mercury free flat fluorescent lamps (which e.g. are used for liquid crystal displays, design or industrial lighting) |
| 29. | Lead oxide in seal frit used for making window assemblies for Argon and Krypton laser tubes |
| 30. | Lead in solders for the soldering of thin copper wires of 100 µm diameter and less in power transformers |
| 31. | Lead in cermet-based trimmer potentiometer elements |
| 32. | Mercury used as a cathode sputtering inhibitor in DC plasma displays with acontent up to 30 mg per display |
| 33. | Lead in the plating layer of high voltage diodes on the basis of a zinc borate glass body |
| 34. | Cadmium and cadmium oxide in thick film pastes used on aluminium bonded beryllium oxide |
| 35. | 2 Cadmium in color converting II-VI LEDs (<10 µg Cd per mm of light- emitting area) for use in solid state illumination or display systems. |
SCHEDULE – III
[See rules 3(m), 6(2), 13(1), 13(2)]
| Sl. No. | Year (Y) | E-Waste Recycling Target (by weight) |
| 1. | 2023 -2024 | 60% of the quantity of an EEE placed in the market in year Y-X, where ‘X’ is the average life of that product |
| 2. | 2024 -2025 | 60% of the quantity of an EEE placed in the market in year Y-X, where ‘X’ is the average life of that product |
| 3. | 2025 -2026 | 70% of the quantity of an EEE placed in the market in year Y-X, where ‘X’ is the average life of that product |
| 4. | 2026-2027 | 70% of the quantity of an EEE placed in the market in year Y-X, where ‘X’ is the average life of that product |
| 5. | 2027-2028 | 80% of the quantity of an EEE placed in the market in year Y-X, where ‘X’ is the average life of that product |
| 6. | 2028-2029 onwards | 80% of the quantity of an EEE placed in the market in year Y-X, where ‘X’ is the average life of that product |
Note: (1) E-waste recycling target shall be reviewed and may be increased after the end of year 2028- 2029.
- The importers of used electrical and electronic equipment shall have 100% extended producer responsibility obligation for the imported material after end of life, if not re-exported.
- E-Waste recycling targets shall not be applicable for waste generated from solar photo- voltaic modules or panels or cells.
SCHEDULE – IV
[ See rules 3(m), 6(2), 13(1), 13(2)]
Extended Producer Responsibility targets for producers, who have started sales operations recently, i.e. number of years of sales operations is less than average life of their products mentioned in the guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board from time to time.
| Sl. No. | Year | E-Waste Recycling Target (by weight ) |
| 1. | 2023-2024 | 15% of the sales figure of financial year 2021-22 |
| 2. | 2024-2025 | 20% of the sales figure of financial year 2022-23 |
| 3. | 2025-2026 onwards | 20% of the sales figure of the financial year two years back |
Note: (1) Once the number of years of sales operation equals the average life of their product mentioned in the guidelines issued by Central Pollution Control Board, their extended producer responsibility obligation shall be as per Schedule-III.
(2) E-Waste recycling targets shall not be applicable for waste generated from solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells.
SCHEDULE – V
[See rule (17)]
LIST OF AUTHORITIES AND COPRRERSPONDING DUTIES
| Sl. No. | AUTHORITY | COPRRERSPONDING DUTIES |
| 1. | Central Pollution Control Board | Operation and maintenance of Extended Producer Responsibility Portal and monitoring of Extended Producer Responsibility compliance.Coordination with State Pollution Control BoardsPrepare and issue guidelines and Standard Operating procedures for collection, storage, transportation, segregation, refurbishment, dismantling, recycling and disposal of e-waste under these rules from time to time, and also issue necessary Forms/ Returns for implementation of these rules.Conduct random check for ascertaining compliance of the e-waste rules and may take help of Customs/State Government or any other agency (ies).Documentation, compilation of data on e-waste and uploading on websites of Central Pollution Control Board.Actions against violation of these rules.Conducting training programmes to develop capacity including State Pollution Control Boards and Urban Local Bodies officials.Conducting awareness programmes on e-waste management, RE/CE label, legislation to make consumers responsible towards product usage and safe disposal.Integrate all stakeholders with the centralized digital system.Submit Annual Report to the Ministry.Enforcement of provisions regarding reduction in use of hazardous substances in manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment.Interaction with IT industry for reducing hazardous substances.Set and revise targets for compliance to the reduction in use of hazardous substance in manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment from time to time.Ensure RoHS compliance and its certifications through a recognized lab and its mandatory checks.Any other function delegated by the Ministry under these rules from time to time. |
| 2. | State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution Control Committees of Union territories | Inventorisation of e-waste.Monitoring and compliance of Extended Producer Responsibility as directed by Central Pollution Control Board.Conduct random inspection of recycler and refurbisher and monitoring recycling capacity utilization. |
| Implementation of programmes to encourage environmentally sound recycling.Any other function delegated by the Ministry/ Central Pollution Control Board under these rules. | ||
| 3. | Responsibilities of Local Bodies (Urban and Rural). | To ensure that e-waste if found to be mixed with Municipal Solid Waste is properly segregated, collected and is channelised to registered recycler or refurbisher.To ensure that e-waste pertaining to orphan products is collected and channelized to registered recycler or refurbisher.To facilitate setting up e-waste collection, segregation and disposal systems.Conducting training sessions to develop capacities of the urban and rural local bodies. |
| 4. | Responsibilities of Port authority under Indian Ports Act, 1908 (15 of 1908) and Customs Authority under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962). | Verify the import or export with respect to Extended Producer Responsibility under these rules.Inform Central Pollution Control Board of any illegal traffic for necessary action.Take action against importer for violations under theIndian Ports Act, 1908 or the Customs Act, 1962. |
| 5. | Responsibilities of Bureau of Indian Standards/ Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology | To issue standards for refurbished products. Bureau of Indian Standards/ Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology shall also develop guidelines for refurbishers with respect to Compulsory Registration Scheme. |
[F. No. 12/136/2021-HSMD] NARESH PAL GANGWAR, Addl. Secy.
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