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Starting next fiscal, consumers in India will be no more required to bother about managing their electronic and electrical equipment at the end of the lifecycle. The Centre is in the process of bringing out a legislation based on the draft proposals submitted by industry bodies and green campaigners including Greenpeace, which, for the first time will make the producers (manufacturers) responsible for the management of electronic waste (e-waste).
The new legislation which the government has agreed to approve by March 2010, will now make the 25-odd PC manufacturers and sellers who control about 75 per cent of the market share in the organised space, to implement takeback policy for their end-consumers and recycle the same in an environment-friendly manner. Besides, the unorganised players who hold about 25 per cent share in the PC market in India, will also have to comply the rule.
A brainchild of global environmental NGO Greenpeace, the draft proposals on e-waste management was formally approved by various stakeholders including the electronics good manufacturers, industry body Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT) and not-for-profit organisations including Toxics Link, GTZ and Greenpeace in an event held in Bangalore in April 2008.
