Lok Sabha Question No. 4462 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Setting up of Recycling Plants
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHARAD TRIPATHI, (SMT.) RATNA DE(NAG)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4462

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 29, 2017

## SETTING UP OF RECYCLING PLANTS

No. 4462

SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI: DR. RATNA DE (NAG):

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  'Set  up  High  End  Waste
- Recycling Plants' in Delhi/NCR to  solve  the  waste  management problems;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the financial pattern plan outlay and organizational set
- up for the aforesaid plans, if any;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  associate  some  private players under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for 'creating hightech multiutility  garbage  collection  points'  under  Swachh  Bharat Mission (SBM); and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the plan outlay, funding pattern
- and the legal constraints of the project?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a)  to  (c):  The  Government has earmarked funds amounting to Rs 260 crore  under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission,  to  be  acquired  as  a  grant  or  as Viability Gap Fund (VGF) for improvement of Solid Waste Management (SWM) in the NCT of Delhi. This includes projects  for  management of waste  through  recycling  of  the  component  amenable  to  recycling. Recycling  component  of  Municipal  Solid Waste (MSW) consists of  the

Construction  and  Demolition  (C&D)  Waste,  and  about  15%  of  total waste in form of papers, plastic of different types and forms and other smaller  wastes,  such  as  electronic  waste,  metals  etc.  Delhi/NCR already has the following operational modern Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste recycling plants

- (i). C&D waste recycling plant at Burari, North-West Delhi, Handling Capacity 500 Tonnes per Day
- (ii). C&D waste recycling plant at Shastri Nagar, East Delhi- Handling Capacity 500 Tonnes per Day

The handling of other recyclables is mostly controlled by the unorganized sector such as rag pickers and currently there is no plan to replace them with High End Waste Recycling Plants.

(d)  &  (e):  Some  modern  reverse  vending  machines  are  being  setup through  PPP  mode  in  high  foot  fall  areas  in  Delhi  which  can  receive empty  plastic  bottles  and  cans  and  pay  the  waste  discharger  some money for the waste plastic bottles. These collection points are being proposed to be setup through Public Private Partnership (PPP) in such a way  that  land  will  be  provided  by  the  municipal  body  along  with  a monthly retainer, while the private partner will arrange procurement or lease of the reverse vending machine, its operation and maintenance, including safe disposal of waste.

The success of the initial few units being installed as above will decide the scope of further installation of these vending machines and the extension of the same model to other waste streams, such as paper and e-waste.

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