E-waste Compliance

Responsibilities and Compliance

1. Manufacturer
 - E-waste generated during the manufacturing of any electrical and electronic equipment should be collected and channelled for recycling or disposal.
 - Apply to the concerned State Pollution Control Board for a permission in Form 1 (a) in accordance with the procedure outlined in sub-rule (2) of rule 13, which will issue the authorisation in Form 1 (bb);
 - Maintain Form-2 records of all e-waste generated, handled, and disposed of, and make them available for inspection by the State Pollution Control Board.
  - on or before the 30th day of June following the financial year to which the return relates, file annual returns in Form-3 to the concerned State Pollution Control Board.

2. Producer
The producer of Schedule I electrical and electronic equipment is responsible for; –

- Using the following frameworks to implement the Extended Producers Responsibility, namely
- Collection and channelization of e-waste generated from the ‘end-of-life’ of their products or ‘end-of-life’ products with the same electrical and electronic equipment code, as well as historical waste available on the date these rules come into force, as per Schedule I, in accordance with the targets prescribed in Schedule III in Extended Producer Responsibility  Authorisation.
- The Extended Producer Responsibility Authorisation mechanism must be utilised to channel e-waste from ‘end-of-life’ products, including those from their service centres, to an authorised dismantler or recycler. Where recyclers are unavailable, fluorescent and other mercury-containing bulbs may be channelled from a collection centre to a Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility.
- Creating Awareness through the media, publications, commercials, posters, and other forms of communication
- Keeping Form-2 records of every e-waste handled and making them available for inspection by the Central Pollution Control Board or the State Pollution Control Board concerned;
- Annual returns in Form-3 must be filed with the Central Pollution Control Board by the 30th day of June following the financial year in question. If a Producer has numerous offices in a State, he or she must file a single annual return containing information from all of them.

3. Collection Cente
 Maintain Form-2, records of all e-waste handled in accordance with the Central Pollution Control Board’s recommendations, and make such records available for inspection by the Central Pollution Control Board or the Concerned State Pollution Control Board as needed.

4. Refurbisher
keep track of the e-waste handled in Form-2, and these records should be open to inspection by the authorised authority.
on or before the 30th day of June following the financial year to which the return relates, file annual returns in Form-3 with the concerned State Pollution Control Board.

5. Bulk Consumer
e-waste generated by bulk consumers of electrical and electronic equipment mentioned in Schedule I must keep records in Form-2 and make them available for inspection by the concerned State Pollution Control Board;
On or before the 30th day of June following the financial year to which the return relates, bulk consumers of electrical and electronic equipment mentioned in Schedule I must file annual returns in Form-3 with the concerned State Pollution Control Board. If a bulk consumer has multiple offices in a State, one annual report containing information from all offices must be filed with the State Pollution Control Board on or by the 30th day of June following the financial year to which the return applies.

6. Dismantler
Maintain a Form-2 record of e-waste collected, dismantled, and transferred to an authorised recycler, and make that record available for inspection by the Central Pollution Control Board or the State Pollution Control Board in question. on or before the 30th day of June following the financial year to which the return relates, file a return in Form-3 to the concerned State Pollution Control Board;

7.  Recycler
 Maintain a Form-2 record of e-waste collected, dismantled, and recycling, and make that record available for inspection by the Central Pollution Control Board or the State Pollution Control Board in question on or before the 30th day of June following the financial year to which the return relates, file a return in Form-3 to the concerned State Pollution Control Board