India Published Battery Waste Management Rules in 2020

1. India Publish India Published Rules Rules in 2020 in 2020 ed Battery Waste Management Battery Waste Management Battery waste management rules implement to all manufacturer, importer, re-conditioner, assembler, dealer, recycler, auctioneer, customer and bulk customer included in manufacture, processing, sale, purchase and use of batteries or components thereof It shall be the duty of a manufacturer, importer, assembler and re-conditioner to

2.  assure that the old batteries are handled back as per the Program against new batteries sold excluding those sold to the original material manufacturer and the bulk consumer;  ensure that worn batteries accumulated back are of similar kind and stipulations as that of the new batteries sold;  arrange a half-yearly revenue of their sales and buy-back to the State Board in Form- I stayed by 3e June and 3 0 December of every year;  set up collection centres both individually or jointly -at different places for selection of used batteries from customers or dealers;  guarantee that used batteries collected are transferred only to the registered recyclers,  ensure that important arrangements are executed with dealers for safe transportation from collection centres to the assumptions of registered recyclers ;  ensure that no damage to the environment occurs during transportation;  create public consciousness through announcements, publications, posters or by other means concerning the following  hazards of lead;  duty of consumers to replace their used batteries only to the merchants or deliver at designated collection centres; and  Addresses of dealers and nominated collection centres.  use the global recycling symbol on the Batteries;  purchase recovered lead only from designated recyclers; and  Appeal to the warning of the State Board or the Ministry of Environment and Forests any violation by the dealers. Intending to restore the ecosystem for administration and disposal of batteries across India and ensure the safety of people included, as well as to check the environmental risks caused by their indiscriminate handling and disposal, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has distributed the draft Battery Waste Management Rules, 2020, on February 20, 2020 which is set to replace Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001. Samples of batteries that are proposed to be produced under the purview cover all primary (non-rechargeable) and secondary (chargeable) cells. The act looks to ensure safe and formalized recycling of batteries that are below use, with importance on tracking batteries that have finished their useful life through online records and data management. The act also puts out the reliability of the manufacturer, importer, assembler, re-conditioner, consumer, exporter, dismantler, collection centre and state/central pollution control board explicitly and also emphasizes awareness on the hazards of Lead, Cadmium and Mercury and safety measures compared with their approach.

3. The advanced rules will seek responsibility to make sure that the batteries are recycled through legal channels in a safe mode and when implemented, will cover a wide range and be relevant to "every manufacturer, producer, collection centre, importer, re-conditioner, refurbisher, dismantler, assembler, dealer, recycler, auctioneer, vehicle service centre, customer and bulk customers included in the manufacture, processing, sale, purchase, collection, storage, reprocessing and use of batteries or components thereof including elements, consumables and additional parts which make the product operational." The points for extensive producer duty have also been declared along with the frame for gathering and channelization of waste batteries at end of life.