PANJIM: It’s more than a month that the E-waste Management and Handling Rules, 2012 - notified by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Central Pollution Control (CPCB), Govt of India, has come into force, but till date barely 1% of e-waste manufacturers and users have woken up to the reality of the new regulations.
The e-waste handling rules, which came into effect from May 1, 2012, through a gazette notification on May 12, 2011 - has come fixing the responsibility on all stakeholders including mainly manufacturers, retailers and consumers.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/rules-confined-paper-no-takers-e-waste-management
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/herald-panjim
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electronic-waste
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/central-pollution-control-board-cpcb
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-management
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-recycling
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb-0
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landfill
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxic-wastes
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mercury
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/computers
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-waste
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/goa
