Question
UPSC Prelims 2019 Question:
In India, ‘extended producer responsibility’ was introduced as an important feature in which of the following?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Option 3: The e-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011
Detailed Solution
Explanation:
- The e-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, was the first law passed by the Government of India for e-waste management in 2011. Section 4 of this act gives Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which put the onus on the producer to collect e-waste generated from the end of the life of its own product and to recycle them in an eco-friendly way, by creating certain norms in tandem with state pollution control boards.
- This Act aims to prevent people from selling their old devices and e-waste to the informal sector. It poses severe threats to human (including children’s) lives, due to improper and highly hazardous methods of extracting trace amounts of precious metal from it.
Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.
Subject: Environment | Environmental Acts and Policies
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