E-Waste management rules, 2016 – English

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified the E-Waste Management Rules, 2016 on 23 March 2016 in super-session of the e-waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011. Producers have been made responsible for collection of E-waste and for its exchange. The bulk consumers must collect the items and hand them over to authorized recyclers. He emphasized that various producers can have a separate Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) and ensure collection of E-waste, as well as its disposal in an environmentally sound manner.