WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) In INDIA

WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) In INDIA

WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) In INDIA is covered under the Ministry of Environment and Forest under the  e-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2010.

India is a developing country and in coming decades lots of new infrastructure will be installed every where, which will be having significant amount of E-Waste (Electronic Waste)

Keeping that in mind Govt of India Constituted an act to cover this issue-

Here are few bullets points of the E waste management S

These rules shall apply to every producer(s), distributor(s), collection center(s),
refurbishes(s), dismantle(s), recycle(s), consumer(s) or bulk consumer(s) involved
in the manufacture, sale, purchase and processing of electrical and electronic
equipment or components as specified in Schedule-I

Definition of E waste

'e-waste' means waste electrical and electronic equipment, whole or in part
included in, but not confined to equipment listed in schedule-I and scraps or
rejects from their manufacturing process, which is intended to be discarded.

SCHEDULE-I

CATEGORIES OF E-WASTE covered under the rules

i)-

• IT and telecommunication equipment :
• Centralized data processing:
• Mainframes, Minicomputers
• Personal computing:
• Personal Computers (CPU with input and output devices)
• Laptop (CPU with input and output devices)
• Notebook, Notepad etc.,
• Printers including cartridges
• Copying equipment
• Electrical and electronic typewriters
• Pocket and desk calculators
• And other products and equipment for the collection, storage, processing,
• presentation or communication of information by electronic means
• User terminals and systems
• Facsimile
• Telex
• Telephones
• Pay telephones
• Cordless telephones
• Cellular telephones
• Answering systems
• And other products or equipment of transmitting sound, images or other information
• by telecommunications

ii. Consumer electrical and electronics:
Television sets (including LCD & LED), Refrigerator, Washing Machine, Airconditioners


Further Action Can be taken as per Implementation of E-Waste
Rules 2016