In India, 'extended producer responsibility' was introduced as an important feature in which of the following?
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Answer: C. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which makes producers responsible for collecting and recycling their products at end of life, was first made an important feature in India by the e-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011.
Watch for: EPR is now strongly associated with plastic waste, so students pick the plastic rules.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because the 1998 Bio-medical Waste Rules did not introduce EPR.
- B. Wrong because the 1999 Recycled Plastics Rules did not make EPR a central feature.
- D. Wrong because food safety regulations do not deal with producer take-back of waste.
Source to check: e-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, notified by MoEFCC (effective 2012)
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