E-waste policy recast to focus on number of products recycled

The government is planning to revamp the electronic waste policy, focusing on complete lifecycle management of products and offering incentives to make it an attractive proposition for the industry, said officials. The revised policy could allow the industry to take into account the total volume of electronics products recycled instead of the amount of metals and rare earth minerals extracted from these products, they said.

The Niti Aayog and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) have held multiple stakeholder consultations to firm up the policy and it may be released soon, said the officials.