If you are planning to buy a fridge, washing machine, oven then this news can be useful for you. This is because in the coming 10 years, 134 items including fridge, washing machine will become junk. Actually, the government has fixed the expiry date of 134 electronic goods including car, mobile, laptop. After the expiry date fixed by the Central Government, these goods will become electronic waste and will have no value. Then it will be right for you to destroy them. Let us know which 134 goods have been made by the government and what is their expiry date.
134 items will become junk
In fact, the Ministry of Forest and Environment has made a list of 134 items that will become junk in the next 10 years. After their expiry, people will have to destroy these goods and get its certificate. At the same time, after this, a new item will be given the same discount as the car. The special thing about this decision of the government is that after the expiry of these goods, it will be the responsibility of the brand or the company to damage them.
See here when the expiry of which goods
Refrigerator – 10 years
Ceiling Fan - 10 Years
Washing Machine – 10 Years
Radio – 8 Years
Smartphone, Laptop - 5 years
Tablet - 05 Years
Scanner – 5 Years
Electric Train and Racing Car – 2 years
What will companies do with these goods?
Actually, the chemicals released from e-waste are dangerous. It contains dangerous chemicals like mercury, arsenic, lead, cadmium. Which cause respiratory, lung cancer and skin diseases. In such a situation, companies will destroy these goods after a period of time.
Will get scrap certificate and discount
Rohit Pathak told that there is a policy framework for e-waste, it just needs to be implemented by giving it a little push. Once the economic model related to e-waste is developed, people themselves will start giving their electronic waste for exchange. In the coming years, if companies' focus on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) will increase, they will themselves focus on purchasing old electronic waste from people.
Actually, Rohit Pathak was asked about the way the government has promised to give a discount certificate to people on scrapping of vehicles, which they can use to buy a new vehicle. Can a similar system be made for electronic waste?
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