HC tells CFL makers to stick to Oct 1 e-waste deadline

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed CFL manufacturers to comply with the e-waste management rules, 2016, which require them to collect from consumers

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed CFL manufacturers to comply with the e-waste management rules, 2016, which require them to collect from consumers and dispose of fluorescent and other mercury containing lamps at their ‘end-of-life’.

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The court declined a plea to postpone the implementation of the rules, which comes into force on October 1.

The manufacturers had contended that the rules mandating them to “collect, treat and dispose of the fluorescent and other mercury containing lamps when they are intended to be discarded by the user is impossible to perform”.