With continuous Digitization and research in electronics, there has been an increase in E-Waste products that are used regularly by consumers all around. This Extended Producer Responsibility is one of the protocols that highlights the importance of the manufacturer in regulating the life cycle of their products after they are consumed. With their pollution surmounting and increasing year after year, the Indian Government started giving EPR policy in 2011 and further accredited CPCB for authorizing certification with EPR.
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has been given the authority to authorize new E-waste rules under the jurisdiction of the Environment Ministry. Companies now have to consult CPCB to get their E-waste management certification, this is where IndianNexus can use their expertise to make sure your products.
We want to introduce ourselves as a consultant in EPR authorization registration. We work as a PRO & liaison in this field. Services that IndianNexus can aid in related to EPR Authorization with concerned regulations
- Obtaining the requirements for product life recycle
- Form filling procedure step by step EPR(pollution Control) with CPCB
- Creating product usability and disposal awareness
- Marking End-of-life products and waste disposal markings
- Record-keeping support (Form 2 Support)
- Maintain all the concerned records and file annual returns with all the legal requirements.
- Acquiring Pan India Authorization
In EPR producers are given extra responsibility (physical/financial) for treating their disposals in a manner to either reuse them systematically. CPCB has in their notice emphasized all producers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment under the E-Waste rules of 2016 to get EPR certification.
Every manufacturer, producer, consumer, bulk consumer, collection center, dealer, e-retailer, refurbisher, dismantler, and recycler involved in the manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, collection, storage, and processing of e-waste or electrical and electronic equipment listed comes under these E-waste rules.
First of all, Form-1 needs to be filled by the concerned producer and then within 120 days after undergoing thorough inspection CPCB will grant the respective authorisation. This certificate once acquired shall remain valid for five years from the date of announcement.
Before 120 days of expiry, one can file for renewal of their certificate with CPCB, for which a compliance report must be obtained from the concerned State Pollution Control Board. Every year producer must submit their annual records on or before the 30th day of June of every year.
| Extended Producer Responsibility || EPR Authorisation Company || EPR Implementation Service | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (EPR) Extended Producer Responsibility means the responsibility of any producer of electrical or electronic equipment, for channelization of e-waste to ensure environmentally sound management of such waste. Extended Producer Responsibility may comprise implementing take back system or setting up of collection centers or both and having agreed arrangements with the EPR Authorisation dismantler or recycler either individually or collectively | |||
| Targets for Extended Producer Responsibility | |||
| Nos | Year | E-Waste Collection Target (Number/Weight) | Year |
| 1 | During the first two years of implementation of rules | 30% of the quantity of waste generation | During the first two years of implementation of rules |
| 2 | During the third and fourth years of implementation of rules | 40% of the quantity of waste generation | During the third and fourth years of implementation of rules |
| 3 | During the Fifth and Sixth years of implementation of rules | 50% of the quantity of waste generation | During the Fifth and Sixth years of implementation of rules |
| 4 | Seventh year onward of implementation of rules | 70% of the quantity of waste generation | Seventh year onward of implementation of rules |
Categories of electrical and electronic equipment including their components, consumables, parts, and spares covered under the rules
| SR. No | Categories of electrical and electronic equipment | EEE Code | Average life |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Information technology and telecommunication equipment | ||
| Centralized data processing: | ITEW1 | ||
| Mainframe | 10 years | ||
| Minicomputer | 5 years | ||
| Personal computing: personal computers (central processing unit with input and output devices) | ITEW2 | 6 years | |
| Personal computing: laptop computers (central processing unit with input and output devices) | ITEW3 | 5 years | |
| Personal computing: notebook computers | ITEW4 | 5Years | |
| Personal computing: notepad computers | ITEW5 | 5Years | |
| Printers including cartridges | ITEW6 | 10Years | |
| Copying equipment | ITEW7 | 8Years | |
| electrical and electronic typewriters | ITEW8 | 5Years | |
| User terminals and system | ITEW9 | 6Years | |
| Facsimile | ITEW10 | 10Years | |
| Telex | ITEW11 | 5Years | |
| Telephones | ITEW12 | 9Years | |
| Pay telephones | ITEW13 | 9Years | |
| Cordless telephones | ITEW14 | 9Years | |
| Cellular telephones | ITEW15 | ||
| Feature phones | 7Years | ||
| Smartphones | 5Years | ||
| Answering system | ITEW16 | 5Years | |
| 2 | Consumer Electrical & Electronics | ||
| Television sets (including sets based on (liquid crystal display and Light Emitting Diode technology) | CEEW1 | 9years | |
| Refrigerator | CEEW2 | 10Years | |
| Washing Machine | CEEW3 | 9Years | |
| Air-conditioners excluding centralized air conditioning plants | CEEW4 | 10Years | |
| Fluorescent and other mercury-containing lamps | CEEW5 | 2years |