Lok Sabha Question No. 645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Brijendra Singh, Satyadev Pachauri, Sunita Duggal, Jagannath Sarkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 645

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023

## Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022

645.     SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH: SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI: SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL: SHRI JAGANNATH SARKAR:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has data regarding newly developed collection/recycling/refurbishing centres for waste  batteries after notification of Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is aware about the manner of utilization of environmental compensation prescribed in the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)  &  (b) Battery  Waste  Management  Rules,  2022  have  been  notified  under  Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change on 22.08.2022 in supersession of Batteries (Management & Handling) Rules, 2001 to ensure environmentally sound management of waste batteries. The new rules broadened the scope of battery  which  encompasses  all  types  of  batteries  viz.  Electric  Vehicle  batteries,  portable batteries,  automotive  batteries  and  industrial  batteries  whereas  Batteries  (Management  & Handling) Rules, 2001 covered only lead acid batteries. As per the new rules, every recycler/ refurbisher of used / waste battery is required to register with State Pollution Control Board / Pollution Control Committee through Centralised Online Portal of CPCB.

State-wise details of recycling capacities of lead acid batteries are provided in Annexure I.

(c)  &  (d) The  environmental  compensation  collected  under  Battery  Waste  Management Rules, 2022 shall be utilised in collection and refurbishing or recycling of uncollected and non-recycled or non-refurbished waste batteries. The modalities for utilisation of the funds for waste batteries management would be recommended by the Committee for Implementation, constituted under the rules, for the approval of Central Government.

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Annexure I Details of Recyclers of Used Lead Acid Batteries & Lead Wastes /Scraps

| S. No   | States              |   No. of Units | Authorized Capacity (MTA)   |
|---------|---------------------|----------------|-----------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh      |             17 | 251728                      |
| 2       | A&N                 |              0 | 0                           |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh   |              0 | 0                           |
| 4       | Assam               |              6 | 26100                       |
| 5       | Bihar               |              4 | 6870                        |
| 6       | Chandigarh          |              0 | 0                           |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh        |              5 | 3308                        |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |              0 | 0                           |
| 9       | Daman &Diu          |              0 | 0                           |
| 10      | Delhi               |              0 | 0                           |
| 11      | Goa                 |              0 | 0                           |
| 12      | Gujarat             |             41 | 381210                      |
| 13      | Haryana             |             58 | 274864                      |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh    |             13 | 82335                       |
| 15      | Jammu &Kashmir      |              7 | 72660                       |
| 16      | Jharkhand           |              2 | 3730                        |
| 17      | Karnataka           |             32 | 419056                      |
| 18      | Kerala              |              4 | 6875                        |
| 19      | Lakshadweep         |              0 | 0                           |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh      |             56 | 126921                      |
| 21      | Maharashtra         |             94 | 350871                      |
| 22      | Manipur             |              0 | 0                           |
| 23      | Meghalaya           |              0 | 0                           |
| 24      | Mizoram             |              0 | 0                           |
| 25      | Nagaland            |              0 | 0                           |
| 26      | Orissa              |              0 | 0                           |
| 27      | Pondicherry         |              0 | 0                           |
| 28      | Punjab              |             55 | 79446,1                     |
| 29      | Rajasthan           |            121 | 440.722                     |
| 30      | Sikkim              |              0 | 0                           |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu          |             27 | 452023                      |
| 32      | Telangana           |             32 | 314000,96                   |
| 33      | Tripura             |              0 | 0                           |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh       |             34 | 68309,9                     |
| 35      | Uttarakhand         |              3 | 34200                       |
| 36      | West Bengal         |             61 | 135612                      |
| Total   |                     |            672 | 35,30,842                   |