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Compliance · 6 Nov 2026Editor’s Pick

Your e-waste EPR certificate is only as strong as the GST invoice behind it

For years, the weak spot in e-waste EPR was the certificate nobody could trace. A CPCB direction dated 7 July 2026 closes that gap. On the E-Waste EPR Portal, a recycling certificate now stands only if a GST e-invoice backs the sale of the recovered metal. If it does not, CPCB calls it a false certificate. For a producer who buys certificates to meet an EPR target, this is the best protection handed to you in a long time.

Sorted circuit boards, cable and dismantled electronics in crates on pallets at an Indian e-waste aggregator's yard, with a worker weighing and logging material and a truck loading in the background

Business Opportunities · 30 Oct 2026Editor’s Pick

India's next mine is already above ground, and the e-waste plants built for it have room to spare

The Mines Minister says recycling can deliver critical minerals years before a new mine opens. India's authorised e-waste recyclers can process close to three times what they actually handled in 2023-24. And most of the material still sits with the people who collect it. That gap is a business, and the people standing in it are not the ones the headlines usually talk about.

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Compliance · 24 Oct 2026Editor’s Pick

₹22 a Kg Is the Number That Keeps India's Formal E-Waste Recyclers Alive. The Country's Biggest Electronics Brands Are Fighting to Scrap It.

The government fixed a floor price for e-waste recycling certificates, 30% of the environmental compensation for dodging the rule, which works out to ₹22 a kg for consumer electronics and ₹10 to ₹41 across other categories. That floor is what lets a registered recycler pay a real rate for your old TV or laptop instead of a race-to-the-bottom price. On 22 October 2026 the Environment Minister called for "coordination between producers and recyclers." In e-waste, that coordination is a court fight: Samsung, LG, Havells, Daikin and Voltas have asked the Delhi High Court to strike the floor down and let the market set the price. For the collector and the recycler, the whole economics of doing it the legal way rests on how that case ends.

Compliance · 11 Nov 2026

E-Waste EPR 70 Percent Target: Handling Floor Prices in FY 2026-27

Electronics brands face escalating recycling quotas while legal challenges against mandatory certificate price floors remain unresolved in court.

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Compliance · 14 Oct 2026Editor’s Pick

Stacks of circuit boards and bins of used batteries inside an Indian e-waste recycling plant

Government · 14 Oct 2026Editor’s Pick

India Has Approved 8.5 Lakh Tonnes of New Capacity to Recycle E-Waste and Battery Scrap. The Hard Part Is Finding the Scrap.

Fifty-eight companies cleared under the ₹1,500 crore critical mineral recycling scheme have pledged about 8.5 lakh tonnes a year of capacity, roughly three times what the government expected. India's registered e-waste recyclers already have more capacity than the country officially generates in e-waste. With a critical minerals stockpile policy due in about a month and lithium prices down by half since May 2026, the real contest now is over collection, and that puts aggregators and collectors in a stronger position.

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Urban Mining: Extracting Gold, Copper & Battery Metals from E-Waste

A comprehensive B2B technical and commercial guide to urban mining in India. Details recoverable metal concentrations (Gold, Copper, Palladium, Silver, Lithium, Cobalt) in waste PCBs and EV batteries, hydrometallurgical processing pathways, and CPCB EPR compliance.

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