The Punjab Pollution Control Board, (PPCB) on August 20, 2024, issued a notification regarding Public Notice Implementation of E-Waste Management Rules 2022.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vide notification no. G.S.R. 801 (E) dated November 02, 2022, has notified E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the same are applicable from April 01, 2023. A copy of the Rules is attached to the link.
These Rules apply to every:- (i) MANUFACTURER, (ii) PRODUCER, (iii) REFURBISHER and (iv) RECYCLER, involved in the manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, refurbishing, dismantling, recycling and processing of E-waste including 106 items of electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule-I including their components, consumables, parts and spares, which make the product operational.
Any (1) MANUFACTURER, (ii) PRODUCER, (iii) REFURBISHER and (iv) RECYCLER of E-waste and any Scrap dealer/Solid Waste Disposal Authority, if found involved in any illegal activity concerning storage & process of E-waste, action as deemed fit shall be taken against the violator(s) under the said Rules, including levying of Environmental Compensation.
This is for the information of the General Public that if any Person, Scrap dealer, or Solid Waste Disposal Authority, are involved in the illegal storage, processing or selling of E-waste in an unauthorised manner in the State of Punjab, the same may be informed so that the illegal activity causing damage to the Environment can be stopped immediately.
