India is supporting initiatives towards a more sustainable products

  • October 3, 2024
  • Gagan Kumar, Director, REACHLaw India

The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in India,  intends to encourage the demand for environment-friendly products that cause lesser adverse impacts on the environment, thereby, supporting the principles of ‘LIFE (Lifestyle for Environment)’, promote lower energy consumption, resource efficiency and conservation, circular economy and prevent misleading information on environmental aspects of products.

While developing criteria for grant of Ecomark to a product, the following may be taken into consideration:

  1. Production process, including source of raw material;
  2. Use of natural resources;
  3. Environmental impact;
  4. Effect and extent of emissions or waste arising from the production process;
  5. Disposal of the product and its packaging;
  6. Compliance with the Guidelines on Extended Producer Responsibility, wherever applicable;
  7. Utilisation of waste and recycled materials;
  8. Suitability for recycling; and
  9. Use of non-hazardous substances in place of hazardous substances.

An application for ‘Ecomark’ will be required to be made to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), New Delhi.

Once granted, Ecomark will be valid for a period of three years. The application requires product testing as per BIS IS Standards to meet the criteria.

Web portal for Ecomark. – CPCB shall develop a web portal for making applications and for grant of Ecomark, submission of annual reports by the holder of the Ecomark, Verifier and agency registered under these rules, registration of Verifiers and auditors as well as of agencies for effective monitoring of the products for compliance with the conditions for Ecomark under these rules.

Product Scope:

  1. Architectural paints and powder coating
  2. Cosmetics
  3. Batteries
  4. Lubrication oils
  5. Soaps & Detergents
  6. Paper
  7. Food Items (Edible Oils, Tea and Coffee)
  8. Packaging material / Package
  9. Electric /Electronic Goods
  10. Food Additives
  11. Wood Substitutes
  12. Aerosol Propellants
  13. Plastic Products
  14. Textiles
  15. Fire Extinguishers
  16. Finished Leather
  17. Coir & Coir Products

These rules may be called the Ecomark Rules, 2024

For more information, please contact us at sales@reachlaw.fi 

 

 

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