Dear Customer,

The Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change have published The E-waste (Management) Rules 2022, which came into effect from 1st day of April 2023.

E-waste means electrical and electronic equipment, including solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells, whole or in part discarded as waste, as well as rejects from manufacturing, refurbishment and repair process. These rules shall apply to every manufacturer, producer, refurbisher, dismantler and recycler involved in manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, refurbishing, dismantling, recycling and processing of e-waste or electrical or electronic equipment listed in Schedule-l the rules including their components, consumables, parts and spares which make product operational but shall not apply to

(a) Waste batteries as covered under the Battery Waste Management Rules 2022 

(b) Packaging plastics as covered under the Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016

(c) Micro   enterprises as defined in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006

(d) Radio-active wastes as covered under the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and rules made thereunder.

Under these rules, specific roles and responsibilities are defined for manufactures, substance contained in such wastes. Rule 6 of the E-waste (Management) Rules 2022 interalia states that the producer of electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule -I shall be responsible for creating awareness through, media, publications, advertisements, posters or by any other means of communication.

Rule 16 of the E-Waste (Management) Rules 2022 states reduction in the use of hazardous substances in the manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment and their components or consumables or parts or spares and every producer shall comply with the requirements under the rule.

All consumers of electrical and electronic equipment irrespective of their status as bulk consumers or not, shall ensure that e-waste generated by them is channelized through registered recyclers or is returned to the pickup/take back services provided by the producers and recyclers. Please refer to our website https://trueview.co.in/recycler-details/ for more details on registered recyclers and collection centers/pick up points of the company.

All our products intended to be recycled under the category of e-waste (as defined above) carry a label or symbol of a wheelie bin with a cross, which states that it falls under the hazardous waste category and is not to be disposed of along with normal garbage.

We seek your support in ensuring environmentally sound management of e-waste and aid us in sustaining our earth’s natural resources and maintaining  the earth’s green cover intact for the benefit of our future generations.