E-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2016

E-wastes are waste generated from IT and telecommunication equipment and consumer electrical and electronics namely television sets (including LCD & LED), refrigerators, washing machines and air-conditioners. They possess serious threat to environment as they are non-biodegradable.

• E-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2016 were notified to counter the menace of e-wastes. These rules empower the concerned state agencies to control, supervise and regulate relevant activities connected with e-waste management such as collection, segregation, dismantling and recycling.
• Producers are required to set up collection systems and meet the cost involved in the environmentally sound management of e-waste generated from the ‘end of life’ ....