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INFORMATION ON E-WASTE HANDLING AND MANAGEMENT
Dear Customer,
The Ministry of Environment and Forests have published The E-waste
(Management and Handling) Rules 2010 which comes in effect from 1st May
2012.
E-waste is defined as any electrical or electronic component of products in whole or in
part, or rejects from their manufacturing or repair process which are intended to be
discarded.
These rules apply to every producer, consumer or bulk consumer involved in the
manufacture, sale, and purchase and processing of electrical and electronic
equipment or components as specified in Schedule 1 (please refer to our website
www.godrej.com in the „Good & Green
‟
section of CSR module for more details).
Under these rules, specific roles and responsibilities are defined for
producers, consumers and recyclers handling and managing E-waste.
E-waste is to be managed in an environmentally sound manner which means, taking
steps to ensure that health and environment are protected from adverse effects of
hazardous substance contained in such wastes.
Rule 6 of the E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2010 states that bulk consumers
of electrical and electronic equipment shall be responsible for recycling of the e- waste
generated by them. Bulk consumer means bulk users of electronic and electrical
equipment such as Central Government or State Government Departments, public sector
undertakings, banks, educational institutions, multinational organizations, international
agencies, private companies that are registered under the Factories act 1948 and
Companies act 1956. The bulk consumers have to ensure that the e-waste generated by
them is channelized to authorized collection centers or is taken back by the producers.
They shall maintain records of E-waste generated by them in Form 2 and make such
records available for scrutiny by the State pollution control or the Pollution n control
Committee concerned.
All consumers of electrical and electronic equipment irrespective of their status as bulk
consumers or not , shall ensure that E-waste generated by them is channelized to
authorized collection center(s) or registered dismantler(s), or recycler(s) or is returned
to the pick-up/take back services provided by the producers. (Please refer to our
website
www.godrej.com in the Good & Green section of CSR module for more details).
All our products intended to be recycled under the category of E-waste (as defined
above) carry a label or stamp of the WEEE symbol (A wheelie bin with a cross) , which
states that it falls under the hazardous waste category and is not to be disposed along
with normal garbage.
We seek your support in ensuring environmentally sound management of E-waste and aid
us in sustaining our earth
‟
s natural resources and maintaining the earth
‟
s green
Cover intact for the benefit of our future generations.
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