Every manufacturer, producer, collection center, importer, re-conditioner, re-furbisher, dismantler, assembler, dealer, recycler, auctioneer, vehicle service center, consumer, and bulk consumer involved in the manufacture, processing, sale, purchase, collection, storage, re-processing, and use of batteries or components thereof including their components, consumables and spare parts which make the product operational;
2. All types of batteries as listed in Schedule-I, regardless of their shape, volume, weight, material composition, or use;
The following draft rules which the Central Government proposes to make, in the exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6, 8, and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), in supersession of the Battery Waste Management Rules.