The Govt. of India has enacted the revised E-Waste (Management) Rule 2016 as it accords high priority to Swachh Bharat and sanitation measures as a tool to synergize the dynamic growth and sustainability of the country. Nagaland Pollution Control Board hereby highlights the salient features of the revised E-Waste (Management) Rule 2016 for concerned authorities for implementation.
1. Responsibilities of State Government:
a) Department of Industry in State to ensure earmarking or allocation of industrial space or shed for e-waste dismantling and recycling in the existing and upcoming industrial park, estate and industrial clusters;
b) Department of Labour in the State:
i. ensure recognition and registration of workers involved in dismantling and recycling;
ii. assist formation of groups of such workers to facilitate setting up dismantling facilities; iii. undertake industrial skill development activities for the workers involved in dismantling and recycling;
iv. undertake annual monitoring and to ensure safety & health of workers involved in dismantling and recycling;
c) State Government to prepare integrated plan for effective implementation of these provisions, and to submit annual report to Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
2. Responsibilities of collection centres. –
• collect e-waste on behalf of producer or dismantler or recycler or refurbisher including those arising from orphaned products; Provided the collection centres established by producer can also collect e-waste on behalf of dismantler, refurbisher and recycler including those arising from orphaned products
• ensure that the facilities are in accordance with the standards or guidelines issued by Central Pollution Control Board from time to time;
3. Responsibilities of dealers. –
• in the case the dealer has been given the responsibility of collection on behalf of the producer, the dealer shall collect the e-waste by providing the consumer a box, bin or a demarcated area to deposit e-waste, or through take back system and send the e-waste so collected to collection centre or dismantler or recycler as designated by producer;
• ensure that no damage is caused to the environment during storage and transportation of e-waste.
4. Responsibilities of consumer or bulk consumer. –
• consumers or bulk consumers of electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I shall ensure that e-waste generated by them is channelised through collection centre or dealer of authorised producer or dismantler or recycler or through the designated take back service provider of the producer to authorised dismantler or recycler;
• bulk consumers of electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I shall maintain records of e-waste generated by them in Form-2 and make such records available for scrutiny by the concerned State Pollution Control Board;
5. Responsibilities of the dismantler. –
• obtain authorisation from the concerned State Pollution Control Board in accordance with the procedure under sub-rule (3) of rule 13.
6. Liability of manufacturer, producer, importer, transporter, refurbisher, dismantler and recycler.-
• The manufacturer, producer, importer, transporter, refurbisher, dismantler and recycler shall be liable for all damages caused to the environment or third party due to improper handling and management of the e-waste;
7. Urban Local Bodies (Municipal Committee or Council or Corporation) shall ensure that e-waste pertaining to orphan products is collected and channelized to authorized dismantler or recycler.
8. Responsibilities of State Pollution Control Board:
i) SPCBs are required to perform the following duties:
• Grant and renewal of authorization to manufacturers, dismantlers, recyclers and refurbishers
• Monitoring and compliance of Extended Producer Responsibility - Authorization as directed by Central Pollution Control Board and that of dismantlers, recyclers and refurbishers authorization.
• Action against violations of these rules. ii) The concerned State Pollution Control Board shall prepare and submit to the Central Pollution Control Board an annual report with regard to the implementation of these rules.
These revised rules can be viewed in detail from the websites of the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, www.moef.nic.in or Nagaland Pollution Control Board website, www.npcb.nagaland.gov.in
Issued in the interest of the public by, Member Secretary Nagaland Pollution Control Board
