iv. The rules also restrict the use of hazardous substances or used
in reduced amount in electrical and electronic appliances.
Based on these rules every electrical and electronic manu-
facturer have to ensure the devoid of metails and chemicals,
which include specified ranges of lead, cadmium, mercury,
hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls.
v. In case of any product and industrial components with significant doubt, the decision will be taken by MoEF/CPCB with
clarity through comparison with scheduled-I components
vi. The apparatus used in the manufacture of electronic equipment
is considered to be outside the schedule-1 rules but wastes
from these machines have to be diverted to recycling facility till
it has been fully recycled.
the time of disposal.