Centre proposes draft rules on battery waste management, seeks suggestions from public
The Centre on Tuesday proposed draft rules on battery waste management directing manufacturers and importers to ensure that used batteries are collected back against the new ones they sell and environment is not harmed during their transportation.
In its draft notification, Battery Waste Management Rules 2020, the Ministry of Environment has given 60 days to public to make objection or suggestion to the rules after which the government will bring the notification into effect.
There are four chapters in the notification which are divided into eight rules.
The rules fix the responsibilities of manufacturer, importer, assembler and re-conditioner.
"It shall be the responsibility of a manufacturer, importer, assembler and re- conditioner to ensure that the used batteries are collected back as per the schedule against new batteries sold excluding those sold to original equipment manufacturer and bulk consumer(s)," the ministry notification said.
It shall be their responsibility to "ensure .