Summary of “E -waste (electrical and electronic) Management Rules, 2019  
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change requested Department of Environment (DoE) 
to draft  an E-waste Management Rules . Accordingly, DoE  drafted the e -waste management rules.  
Later, MoEFCC collected opinions from different Ministries/Divisions/Agencies/academia, which 
was incorporated by DoE . Afterwards, MoEFCC also organized Inter -ministerial meeting and DoE 
incorporated relevant suggestions to the draft rules. Ministry of En vironment, Forest and Climate 
Change (MoEFCC) also sought public opinion through the MoEFCC website. Later DoE finalized 
the draft rules and sent it to the MoEFCC after organiz ing several discussions/workshops with the 
stakeholders.  
  
 “E-waste (generated from electrical and electronic products) Management Rules, 2019:  
• This rules consists of 25 clauses, 3 schedules and 8 forms.  
 
• No provision of this rule will be applied to radioactive waste regulated by the 
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Act, 2012(Act No. 2 of 2012).  
  
• The draft rules includes the extended producer/manufacturer responsibilities (EPR) such 
as- providing payment to the consumer as an incentive from time to time fixed by the 
Government for returning the expired, unused or invalid electrica l and electronic 
products, submitting a plan of extended producer/manufacturer responsibilities for e -
waste management at the time of registration application to DoE, a targeted amount of 
the e -waste to be collected by each producer/ manufacturer for disma ntling/reusing 
should be determined in that plan, the targeted amount of the e -waste to be collected by 
each Producer/ Manufacturer should be specified by the DoE during the approval of the 
extended responsibilities in the following way - 
- First year after t he implementation of the rules:10% of the targeted 
amount of e -waste described in the plan of extended responsibilities  
- Second year: 20%  
- Third year: 30%  
- Fourth year: 40%  
- Fifth year and onwards: 50%  
 
• Registration for e -waste management : Every e -waste pro ducers, manufacturer, 
large importer, dismantler, recycler, trader or shopkeeper, hoarder, transporter, 
repairer, collection center, auctioneer and exporter must apply to the Department of 
Environment for registration following the form 1/2/3 of this rules . 
 
• Environmental clearance system: Every electrical and electronic products 
producers, manufacturer, large importer, recycler, dismantler should apply to the 
concerned office of the Department of Environment according to the Rule -7-A of the 
Environment Con servation Rule s, 1997.  
 
• E-waste storage method: The proposed time span for storing e -waste is 180 days and 
the Department may extend the deadline by up to 90 (Ninety) days in special cases.  
 
• Data preservation and annual report submission: Every e -waste pr oducers, 
manufacturer, large importer, recycler, trader or shopkeeper, hoarder, transporter, 
repairer, collection center, dismantler, auctioneer and exporter must maintain the e -
waste data according to form 6 and submit annual report to the Department of 
environment in accordance with form 7 within 60 days after the end of financial year.  
 
• Penalty : For any violation of the provisions of this Rule, the penalty should be applicable in accordance with section 15 (1) of the Bangladesh Environment 
Conservation A ct, 1995, (Amended - 2010).  
 
• Appeals: If the person becomes aggrieved by the Department's approval of e -waste 
management or by order of suspension or renewal, cancellation or withdrawal, he may 
appeal to the concerned authority following form 5 and section 14 of the Bangladesh 
Environment Conservation Act, 1995, (Amended - 2010) will be applicable for filing 
appeal and its settlement.  
 
• This rules will be applicable for the following categories of electrical and electronic 
products:  
1. Household appliance  
2. Monito ring and Control equipment  
3. Medical Equipment  
4. Automatic Machine  
5. IT and  telecommunication equipment  
 
This proposed rules will be applicable for every e -waste producers, manufacturer, large importer, 
dismantler, recycler, trader or shopkeeper, hoarder, tran sporter, repairer, collection center, 
auctioneer, exporter and large users of electrical and electronic products and other relevant 
persons.  
 
Relevant clauses  translated from e-waste management rules 
 
Clause 14: The use of Standards of hazardous substances  for the production of 
electrical and electronic products.  
 
a) Every producer, manufacturer, large importer of electrical and electronic products 
should follow the standards set forth in Schedule -3 (enclosed) of this Rule for the use 
of hazardous substances f or manufacturing the products.  
 
b) The use of hazardous substances in the production of electrical and electronic 
products  shall  be reduced  within  05 (five)  years  from  the day of the enactment of the 
Rule s to comply  with the above  standards;  The Government ma y extend this deadline 
if necessary . 
 
c) In the case of reducing the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic 
products, all the information related to the reduction, i.e. all hazardous substances that 
have been reduced and the hazardous substa nces contained, must be added to the product 
information booklet.  
 
Clause  15: Prohibition of import of old or used electrical and electronic products  
Importing old /used electrical and electronic  products for donation/grants/other purpose 
will not be accepted; 
 
It is to be noted that such kind of products may be imported for the purpose of research 
and for use in educational institutions , by collecting No Objection C ertificate  (NOC)  
from the Department of E nvironment .