Battery Waste Management Rules 2022
Source : PIB
GS III :  Environment

What is discussed under Battery Waste Management Rules 2022?

1. Battery Waste Management Rules 2022
2. Significance
3. Previous Year Questions

Why in News ?

To ensure environmentally sound management of used batteries and to support the circular economy, the new regulations will replace the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001.

Significance

• The publication of these regulations is a critical step in carrying out Government’s promise to promote the circular economy in earnest during his address to the nation on Independence Day on August 15, 2021.
• The rules cover all types of batteries, viz. Electric Vehicle batteries, portable batteries, automotive batteries and industrial batteries.
• Sustainable battery waste management in light of India’s desire for electric vehicles.
• New technologies, investments, and business opportunities will be brought to the recycling and refurbishment sector.
• Save natural resources and lessen your reliance on fresh raw materials.

Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022

• The rules are based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principle, which states that battery producers including importers are

  

  responsible for the collection, recycling, and refurbishment of used batteries as well as the use of recovered materials from wastes in the manufacture of new batteries.

• EPR requires that all used batteries be collected and delivered for recycling or refurbishing, and it forbids their combustion and disposal in landfills.
  • Producers can arrange for their own collecting, recycling, or refurbishment of used batteries in order to fulfil their EPR duties, or they can give permission to any other organisation.
• The rules will allow for the establishment of a mechanism and centralised web platform for the exchange of EPR certificates between producers and recyclers/refurbishes.
• The rules promote setting up of new industries and entrepreneurship in collection and recycling/refurbishment of waste batteries.
• Most important characteristics of regulations for effective implementation and compliance are online registration and reporting, audits, and committees for monitoring rule implementation and taking necessary actions to remove obstacles.
• In accordance with the Polluter Pays Principle, environmental compensation will be required if Extended Producer Responsibility goals, obligations, and responsibilities are not met.
• The funds collected under environmental compensation shall be utilised in collection and refurbishing or recycling of uncollected and non-recycled waste batteries.
• Batteries covered under the new rules:
  • Electric Vehicle batteries
  • Portable batteries
  • Automotive batteries
  • Industrial batteries

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