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TVSE Take-Back & Recycling Program
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.
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