New Delhi, May 25: Environmental NGO Greenpeace today termed the proposed environment ministry’s e-waste rules as the “most progressive and fundamentally robust framework” created by a range of stakeholders to tackle the menace.
“This draft E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2010 ensures that the vulnerable from unorganised sector are not left in the fringe and offers a clear procedure on regulating import of e-waste for reuse purposes”, said Abhishek Pratap, Greenpeace India Toxics Campaigner.
The rule also takes into account the mainstreaming of the informal sector in the overall electronic waste management system, he said countering the claim by a section of NGOs alleging that the proposed rules ignore the unorganised groups.
–Agencies