ANNOUNCEMENTS
Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) manufacturing is one of the world's fastestgrowing industries. This trend has increased the amount of discarded electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Rapid economic expansion, combined with rising demand for consumer goods due to urbanisation, has boosted both the conception and production of EEE and WEEE, which can be a source of hazardous wastes that endanger the environment and threaten sustainable growth. EPR was introduced as a mechanism to streamline electronics waste (e-waste) for effective managing and disposing of the end of life products. As a result, in India as well, E-Waste (Management) Rules 2016 has provisioned the responsibility of every stakeholder in the e-waste value chain for effective EPR. However, due to various challenges such as illegal trade of e-waste, lack of infrastructure for collection, segregation, and storage of e-waste and dominant role of the informal sector and lack of awareness among citizens, and so on, posing a great threat to the effective implementation of these rules. It is, however, necessary to identify that existing rules should provide a chance to incorporate measures to enhance resource efficiency and circular economy, and as a result, it achieves multiple aims under several missions launched by the Indian government. This will help producers to think about designing products that are circular in nature, allowing for better consumer disposal behaviours and ensuring that recycling is pushed using the finest available technologies, allowing for the creation of jobs and providing new vistas for growth.
