The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released the E-Waste (Management) Second Amendment, 2023, which states the following: Amendment to Rule 5: In the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 5, after clause (3), insert the following clause: “You must adopt approved destruction technologies to manage…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released the Hazardous & Other Wastes (Management & Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2023 (12.07.2023). In the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 (hereinafter in this notification referred to as the said rules) in Schedule III, in Part D, against Basel No. B1110,…
CPCB has release notice regarding the generation & transfer of the EPR certificate on centralized EPR portal. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a strategy to add all of the estimated environmental costs associated with a product throughout the product life cycle to the market price of that product, contemporarily mainly applied in the field of…
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…
The state wise list of Ewaste Recyclers India May 2023 has been updated by Central Pollution Control Board (as on 03.05.2023). You may download the list from the below link. The list of Ewaste recyclers is regularly updated by state pollution control boards. As per Environment Protection Rules, hazardous wastes shall be disposed off as…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released a Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2023. In the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 10, in the subrule (5), in the provision, for the figures “2023” occurring at both places, the figures “2024” shall respectively be…
Gujarat Pollution Control Board has made E-Manifest mandatory for all industries who generates hazardous waste. The Hazardous Waste Manifest form is a chain-of-custody form used to track the generation, transportation and receipt of hazardous waste. The Manifest form includes information on the Generator, Transporter and Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF), the hazardous waste type,…
Authorized hazardous waste recyclers Gujarat Dec 2022 has been updated by Gujarat Pollution Control Board. You may download the list from the below link. As per Environment Protection Rules, hazardous wastes shall be disposed off as per consent obtained from the State Pollution Control Board. It is highly recommended to dispose off the waste through…
Authorized spent solvent recyclers Gujarat Dec 2022 has been updated by Gujarat Pollution Control Board. You may download the list from the below link. As per Environment Protection Rules, hazardous wastes shall be disposed off as per consent obtained from the State Pollution Control Board. It is highly recommended to dispose off the waste through…
Authorized Lead Recyclers Gujarat Dec 2022 has been updated by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (as on 31.12.2022). You may download the list from the below link. As per Environment Protection Rules, hazardous wastes shall be disposed off as per consent obtained from the State Pollution Control Board. It is highly recommended to dispose off the…