Few Exemptions on Revised EWM Rule, 2023 For Medical Devices
- The
revised EWM Rule, 2023 removes the category – ‘lead in medical devices’
listed under Schedule II of EWM Rule, 2022
- Section
II A added to the revised EWM Rules, 2023 exempts medical devices,
monitoring and control equipment, and laboratory equipment
- The
schedule contains twenty-four items divided into three categories-
1. Equipment utilising or
detecting ionised radiation
2. Sensors, detectors and
electrodes
3. Medical devices under
other misc. categories
Key Takeaways of Revised EWM, Rule 2023 under Second Amendment
- Medical
devices are exempted from the revised E-Waste Management Rule, 2023 as per
Second Amendment
- Rules
5, and 7, made to the Amendment refer to destruction standard imposed for
disposal of registration and air-conditioning equipment production
- Rule
14 made to the Amendment highlights only EPR-certified entities eligible
for handling end products driven from e-waste recycling