Introduction The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change released the Hazardous & Other Wastes (Management & Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2023, on July 12, 2023. In the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 (referred to as the said rules), Schedule III, Part D has been updated. Specifically, the original text…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released draft notification on EPR for Used Oil under the Hazardous & Other Wastes (Management & Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2023 (02.05.2023) and added “Extended Producer Responsibility” for used oil. As per this draft rules, (i) Producers, (ii) Collection agents, (iii) Recyclers, (iv) Used Oil importers…