Digital Video Recorder: User manual
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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 1
st
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, 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 organi zations,
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 control
Committee concerned.
All consumers of electrical and electronic equipment irrespective of their status as bulk consumers or not , shall ensure tha t 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.
