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Overview
The new E-waste (Management) Rules, 2016 have been notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change, Govt. of India vide notification dt.23.03.2016 and shall come into force with effect
from 1st Oct, 2016. According to these Rules, the Producer shall be responsible for channelization of
waste electrical and electronic equipment (popularly known as "WEEE"). This will ensure that the e-
waste is disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner and will address the leakage to the informal
sector.
Phase wise collection targets have been set for Producers to collect e-waste (either in number or weight)
and shall be 30% of the quantity of waste generation during first two 2 years of implementation of the
Rules, 40% during 3rd & 4th year, 50% during 5th & 6th year and 70% from 7th year onwards.
TVS-E Commitment
TVS-E is committed to environmentally sound management of e-waste taking all steps required to
ensure that e- waste are managed in a manner which shall protect health and environment against any
adverse effects which may result from hazardous substance contained in such wastes. TVS-E assures
that the covered products do not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, poly-
brominated biphenyls or poly-brominated di-phenyl ethers above a specified threshold. The threshold
for cadmium is 0.01% by weight in homogeneous material, for all other substances, the threshold is
0.1% by weight in homogeneous material.
Take-Back & Recycling Program
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