The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) on February 24, 2025, issued the Battery Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2025, to further amend the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022.
This shall come into force on February 24, 2025.
The following has been stated namely: -
• In Schedule I, paragraph (2), in clause (ia), a new proviso shall be inserted, namely:-“Provided that the provisions of this clause shall not apply to packaging covered under rule 26 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011”.
• In Schedule I, paragraph (2), after clause (ia), a new clause shall be inserted, namely:-“(ib) producers may fulfill the requirements of clause (ia), subject to providing the information in writing to the Central Pollution Control Board”
• In Schedule I, paragraph (2), clause (v), a new proviso shall be inserted, namely:- “Provided that marking of chemical symbol ‘Cd’ or ‘Pb’ is not applicable where the metal concentration of Cadmium in the battery is less than or equal to 0.002% (20 parts per million) or Lead in the battery is less than or equal to 0.004% (40 parts per million) by weight”.
[Notification no: S.O. 958(E)]
