CPCB issues draft solar waste guidelines under e-waste rules
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has released draft guidelines for handling and storing waste solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, panels, or cells. These fall under the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022, which took effect on April 1, 2023. Solar waste is covered under Chapter V of the rules. Although excluded from extended producer responsibility (EPR) recycling targets, it must still be stored by producers and recyclers until 2034–35. Entities handling such waste are also required to…