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, and 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 center 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 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 Centre(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 of 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.
Switch ON the AC (alternating current) main supply. The On/ Off switch is
provided to operate the Godrej UV Case.
Godrej UV Case has a settable timer which is set to 5 minutes (300 seconds)
(default setting). Press the “+” or “-” button provided on the timer to set your
customized time. (Range of time can be set from a minimum of 180 seconds
to a maximum of 999 seconds).
Rotate the knob anticlockwise to open the door. Put your belongings i.e
mobile, watch, car keys, packaged food, etc. inside the cabinet. Multiple items can be placed at once.
Close the door and rotate the knob clockwise to lock the door. Then, switch ON the power supply of
the Godrej UV Case using the On/ Off switch.
Once the door is locked, UV lamps of the Godrej UV Case will switch ON automatically. As per the
default setting, the timer starts reverse counting from 300 seconds. When the timer reaches “0”
seconds, the timer automatically switches off the Godrej UV Case. The buzzer beep notifies the user
about the successful completion of the sanitization cycle. Now, switch OFF the Godrej UV Case using
the On/ Off switch. This will stop the buzzer from beeping. Open the Godrej UV Case to take out the
sanitized items.
