Average life proposed for the notified Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) items under the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022

Sr. No    Categories of electrical and electronic equipment     EEE Code      Average Life in years
i. Information technology and telecommunication equipment
Centralized data processing ITEW 1
Mainframe 10 Years
Minicomputer 5 Years
Personal Computing: Personal Computers (Central Processing Unit with input and output devices) ITEW 2 6 Years
Personal Computing: Laptop Computers (Central Processing Unit with input and output devices) ITEW 3 5 Years
Personal Computing: Notebook Computers ITEW 4 5 Years
Personal Computing: Notepad Computers ITEW 5 5 Years
Printers including cartridges ITEW 6 10 Years
Copying equipment ITEW 7 8 Years
Electrical and electronic typewriters ITEW 8 5 Years
User terminal and systems ITEW 9 6 Years
Facsimile ITEW 10 10 Years
Telex ITEW 11 5 Years
Telephones ITEW 12 9 Years
Pay telephones ITEW 13 9 Years
Cordless telephones ITEW 14 9 Years
Cellular telephones ITEW 15
Feature phones 7 Years
Smart phone 5 Years
Answering systems ITEW 16 5 Years
Products or equipment of Transmitting sound, images or other information by Telecommunications ITEW 17 i.Bluetooth enabled devices 3
ii.Telecommunication Antenna’s 7
iii.Transmitters 5
iv.Walkie talkie 5
v.Wi-Fi/wireless enabled Devices 3
vi.Radio/Satellite Telephone 7
BTS (all components excluding structure of tower) ITEW 18 15
Tablets, I-PAD ITEW 19 5
Phablets ITEW 20 5
Scanners ITEW 21 5
Routers ITEW 22 10
GPS ITEW 23 5
UPS ITEW 24 5 – up to 2 KVA
7 – >2KVA
Inverter ITEW 25 5 – up to 2 KVA
7 – >2KVA
Modems ITEW 26 5
Electronic data storage devices ITEW 27 5 – for flash drives (small devices)
10 – for large devices like Servers

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