PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY ORGANISATION (PRO)
Plan for the Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO)
Every manufacturer and brand owner of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is accountable for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which is the process of channelling e-waste to an approved dismantler or recycler in order to ensure environmentally sound e-waste disposal.
As the Producers Responsibility Organization (PRO) under the E-waste (management) Rules, 2016, we, World Scrap Recycling Pvt. Ltd., are submitting our comprehensive EPR strategy. We prioritise compliance and abide by all rules pertaining to the handling of e-waste that are periodically modified by government authorities. We thus present our EPR plan, which includes information on the channelisation plan and general scheme of collection. Details on RoHS compliance, etc.
PRO’s Functions and Duties
1. PROs are professional organisations that are authorised or funded by producers, either individually or collectively. PROs are in charge of collecting and channelling e-waste that results from the “end-of-life” of producers’ products in order to ensure that it is managed in an environmentally sound manner.
2. A PRO can help a producer or producers meet their collection goals, establish collection hubs or locations, implement takeback, run awareness campaigns, etc.
3. PRO and the producer or producers must have an agreement defining PRO’s function and accountability for EPR management.
4. Reaching collection goals by setting up a door-to-door collection system, for example.(This could involve establishing collection godowns or using warehouses in accordance with Central Pollution Control Board regulations.) Putting buyback/takeback logistics plans into action ensuring that the collected and channelised e-waste can be traced. End-of-life e-waste and processed garbage disposal. ensuring recycling and disassembly in an environmentally responsible manner.
5. Educating consumers, producers, and bulk consumers on garbage collection and channelisation.
6. Assisting producers in submitting their yearly and quarterly returns in accordance with regulations.
7. As mandated by law, offer an extended producer’s responsibility plan.
