Explore the E-waste Management Rules, 2022 effective from April 1, 2023. Learn about registration, responsibilities, and extended producer responsibility targets. Connect with us for queries.
The Government has notified E-waste Management Rules, 2022, which shall come into force from the 1st day of April, 2023. These rules shall apply to every manufacturer, producer, refurbisher, dismantler and recycler involve the d in manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, refurbishing, dismantling, recycling and processing of e -waste or electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) listed in Schedule I of these rules, including their component, consumables, parts and spares which make the product operational.
Categories of EEE including their component, consumable, parts and spares covered under Schedule I of the rules are, Information technology and telecommunication equipment, Consumer electrical and electronics and photovoltaic panels, Large and small electrical and electronic equipment, electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large scale stationary industrial tools), Toys, Leisure and sports equipment, Medical Devices (with the exception of all implanted and infected products), laboratory instruments.
Meaning of Manufacturer or producer under these rules: –
| Meaning of Manufacturer | Meaning of Producer |
| Person or an entity or a company as defined in the Companies Act, 2013 or a factory as defined in Factories Act 1948 or SMEs defined in MSME Development Act, 2006 which has facilities for manufacture of EEE as specified. | Any person or entity who – manufactures and offers to sell EEE and their component under its own brand or Offer to sell under its own brand, assembled EEE and their component produced by other manufacturers/suppliers. Offer to sell imported EEE and their components. who imports used EEE. |
According to these Rules, some responsibilities have been given to the manufacturer, producer, refurbisher, dismantler and recycler which are concise as under: –
1. Registration
- Entities shall register on the portal (CPCB) under applicable category. If the entity falls in more than one category, then shall register under every category separately.
- No Entity shall carry out any business without registration and the registered entity shall not deal with any unregistered manufacturer, producer recycler and refurbisher.
- For registration, registration fee and annual maintenance charges shall be based on the capacity of e -waste generated, recycled or handled.
2. Filing of Annual and Quarterly returns
- Entities have to file annual and quarterly returns on the portal on or before the end of the month succeeding the quarter or year, as the case may be.
3. Other Responsibilities as Manufacturer
- The responsibility of the Manufacturer is only to Collect the e-waste generated during the manufacture of any electrical and electronic equipment and ensure its recycling or disposal.
Other Responsibilities as Producer
- Creating awareness through media publications, advertisements, post survey or any other means of communication.
- Obtaining and implementing extended producer responsibility targets as per schedule -III or IV as applicable based on the quantity placed in the Market.
Calculation of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
EPR for each product shall be decided on the basis of the information provided by producers on portal and the individual product’s life period as per Schedule-III or IV as applicable (Sch. IV applicable on those who have started sales operations recently, i.e., number of years of sales operations is less than average life of their products)
Schedule -III
| Year (Y) | E-waste recycling target (By weight) |
| 2023-24 | 60% of the quantity of an EEE placed in the Market in Y-X, where “X” is the average life of that product. |
| 2024-25 (60%), 2025-26 (70%), 2026-27 (70%), 2027-28 (80%), 2028-29 onwards (80%)
*E waste recycling target shall be reviewed and may be increased after 2028-29 |
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The quantity eligible for generation of extended producer responsibility certificate shall be calculated by the following formula *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)
Fulfilment of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
- Producer shall fulfil their extended producer responsibility obligation as per above targets and while doing so may take help of third-party organizations i.e., producer responsibility organizations, collection centres and dealers etc. however, EPR lie entirely on the producer.
- Producer shall fulfil their EPR obligation through online purchase of EPR certificate from registered recyclers only and submit it online by filing quarterly return.
- Details provided by producer and registered recycler shall be cross checked. In case of difference, lower figure shall be considered.
- Certificates shall be subject to environment audit by the CPCB.
- EPR obligation shall have to be fulfilled by producers, proportionately purchasing EPR certificates on quarterly basis.
- Refurbishing certificates: On production of the refurbishing certificates purchased from the registered refurbishers, the EPR of the producers shall be deferred by the duration as laid down by the CPCB for the corresponding quantity of e-waste and shall be added to the EPR of the producer upon expiry of the extended life of the refurbished product.
Example: – Suppose, producer has EPR obligation of 100 tonnes (in the year 2023-2024)
- producer purchases recycling certificate of 60 tonnes and
- refurbishing certificate of 40 tonnes
- concerned item has extended life of five years due to refurbishing.
In this case 60 tonnes of the EPR of the producer shall be achieved in the year 2023-2024 itself and 75% of the remaining 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.
5. Environmental compensation
In case of violation of any of the provisions of these rules or non-fulfillment of obligations set out in these rules and transaction or use of false extended producer responsibility certificate environmental compensation shall be imposed on the entity.
The environmental compensation shall also be levied on unregistered producers, manufacturers, refurbishers, recyclers and any entity which aids or abets the violation of these rules.
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