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‘Battery’ means new or refurbished cell and/or Battery and/or their component, including accumulator, which is any source of electrical energy generated by direct conversion of chemical energy and includes disposable primary and/or secondary battery.

Waste Battery includes:

(i) Used and/or End of Life Battery and/or its components or spares or parts or consumables which may or may not be hazardous in nature;

(ii) Pre-consumer Off-Spec Battery and its components or spares or parts or consumables;

(iii) Battery whose date for appropriate use has expired;

(iv) Battery which has been discarded by the user.

EPR stands for ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ which means responsibility of any

Producer of Battery for Environmentally sound management of Waste Battery.

EPR targets the quantity of batteries placed in the market by the Producer/Manufacturers. Details are given in Schedule II of the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022.