The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) on October 25, 2023, issued the Battery Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2023 to further amend the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In rule 8, which states “Functions of Refurbisher” for sub-rule (4), the following sub-rule has been substituted, namely:
“(4) The total weight of waste Battery processed by an entity involved in refurbishment of waste Battery, on a quarterly basis, shall be made available on the portal developed by the Central Pollution Control Board for generation of Extended Producer Responsibility certificates.”
• In rule 9, which states “Functions of Recycler”:
(a) For sub-rule (4), the following sub-rule has been substituted, namely:
“(4) The total weight of waste Battery processed by entity involved in recycling of waste Battery, on quarterly basis, shall be made available on the portal developed by the Central Pollution Control Board.”;
(b) For sub-rule (5), the following sub-rule has been substituted, namely:
“(5) Recycler shall not deal with any other entity not having registration mandated under these rules.”
This notification will come into force from October 25, 2023.
For more information, kindly refer to the document attached.
[Notification No S.O. 4669(E)]
