E-WASTE MANAGEMENT
E-waste and Reusing
According to a report, 50 million tonnes of e-waste are produced worldwide each year, with just 20% of that being recovered. INDIA creates 2 million metric tonnes of e-waste each year, with only a tiny proportion of it being recycled properly. In terms of addressing the negative impact of e-waste on the environment and public health, the INDIAN government-issued E-waste Treatment Rules in 2016, with the primary goal of ensuring ecologically responsible e-waste administration.
Every other manufacturer, producer, buyer, larger quantities consumer, distribution centers, vendors, e-retailer, redeveloped, dismantler, and fabricator engaged in the making, sale, handover, acquisition, gathering, stockpiling, and processing of e-waste or electrical and electronic equipment dropping under the principle, as well as there, own elements, disposables, portions, and extras, is subject to these rules. In the year 2018, an adjustment to this rule was passed.
Producer Responsibilities Increased
PRO (Producer Responsibility Organization) is a CPCB-approved legal construct that can enable a manufacturer or suppliers with a variety of responsibilities related to good EPR administration. A PRO can exchange its assets with suppliers, and so implicating a PRO in maintaining EPR adherence results in lower costs in exciting activities, as listed below:
Centers of collection exchange
Several producers can use a PRO collection center, leading to more efficient utilization of infrastructures.
Launching a Public Awareness Campaign
The PRO’s public awareness campaign targets a broad readership for all types of e-waste, which then in turn reaches all of the participating importers.
Recycling and Transportation
A PRO can assist in the selection of appropriate transport facilities for ecologically responsible e-waste management and a suitable recycler to ensure proper dumping.
Partners in Channelization.
List all names of companies and industries which you want to use as your channel partner.
Authorization for EPR
K D Global Compliances supports the following actions for the granting of EPR authorization from the Central pollution control board to enable organizations with items specified in Schedule I to do operations in India.
Analyze product categories and sales data to determine appropriate collection objectives.
EPR plan implementation
➢ A collection system in general
➢ E-waste is being funneled.
➢ Information on the website
➢ Budget projections for various activities/mechanisms
➢ Campaigns to raise awareness
Complete software bundle creation and delivery
Answering questions and following up with the CPCB for permission
Continually ensuring compliance
Following CPCB’s award of EPR permission, beneficiaries must conform with and meet duties for the authorization’s maintenance and upkeep during its time frame. K D Global Compliances will help and guide EPR registrants in meeting all of their duties in a systematic and timely fashion, ensuring continuing regulatory compliance.
Organizing and Executing Public Awareness Campaigns
Creating awareness campaigns depending on product category, end-user type, and a company’s CSR initiative
Collaboration with nonprofits, advertising companies, and trade groups to raise customer perception through a variety of channels and tactics, such as:
➢ Seminars and Exhibitions
➢ Meetings of the RWA
➢ Institutions of Higher Learning
➢ Associations of Business
➢ The Internet and Social Media
Using digital media to carry out awareness programs on the ground
E-waste reprocessing
On the representation of manufacturers, K D Global Compliances promote and provide edge E-waste disbursement, from documenting the pickup application from the end-user through disassembly composting of e-waste while conforming with the criteria of the E-waste management regulations 2016.
The foundation for documenting the request for selection
➢ Providing skilled personnel to handle e-waste collection requests and inquiries via toll-free phone numbers and email addresses.
➢ Obtaining a toll-free number
➢ Providing email addresses to which requests can be addressed and monitored.
➢ Offering collection locations, distribution centers, and warehouses for physical e-waste collection in all 29 states.
Offering collections locations, distribution centers, and warehouses for physical e-waste collection in all 29 states.
Multimodal infrastructure for ecologically:
This safe and secure transit of e-waste to disassembly/recycling factories is known as reverse logistics.
Tearing down and Collecting Equipment:
Providing dismantling and recycling facilities following CPCB regulations.
Meet your collection goals.
K D Global Compliances will assist EPR holders in meeting their annual approach to collect data by collecting e-waste from end-users as well as engaging with salvage merchants, technology providers, and used hardware sellers to meet CPCB collection targets.
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Every quarter and annually, EPR holders are required to file recovery and recycling statistics against the set targets. K D Global Compliances will assist in meeting the statutory filing requirements for continuing authorization maintenance.
➢ Quarterly and annual filings with the CPCB are required.
➢ Self-evaluation of collection goals based on revenue and importation statistics, and presentation to the CPCB
➢ Answering questions from the SPCB about EPR compliance.
Audits of compliance
Compliance audits aid in a thorough examination of a firm’s conformity to CPCB legislative criteria and risk evaluation for EPR certification renewal. K D Global Compliances can conduct such an audit on the task force and degree of preparations for CPCB/SPCB division audits.
➢ Confirmation of RoHS conformity
➢ Suitability of E-waste Education Initiatives
➢ Access to regulatory documents at collection points/centers and the registered office
➢ Presence of qualified personnel to handle e-waste collection and processing at collection points/centers.
➢ Sufficient reprocessing facilities following collection targets