Lok Sabha Question No. 5525 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: e-Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: A. Chellakumar, Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5525.

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2019

## e-Waste

## 5525.    DR. A. CHALLAKUMAR: SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has collected any data regarding generation of e-waste in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the quantum of e-waste generated along with the rate of their increase in the country including metropolitan cities during the last three years and the current year;
- (d) the details of schemes being implemented for the recycling of e-waste; and
- (e) the measures taken by the Government to prevent the generation of e-waste in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) to (c)The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2005 estimated 1.47 lakh ton of ewaste  in  the  country.  As  per  the  United  Nations  University  report,  'The  Global  E-Waste Monitor 2017', 20 lakh ton of e-waste generation was reported in 2016. Recently, Ministry of Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  has  developed  a  guideline  on  uniform inventorization of e-waste in the country.

(d)  and  (e)  The  country's  economic  growth,  rise  in  per  capita  income  and  technological innovations coupled with high obsolescence rate of electronic and electrical equipmentshas resulted in increase in the rate of generation of e-waste. In order to ensure safe disposal of ewaste the Government has notified E-Waste (Management) Rules in March, 2016. The Rules aim  at  channelizing  e-waste  generated  in  the  country  towards  authorized  dismantlers  and recyclers to prevent adverse effects of e-waste on environment. The responsibilities have also been given to all major stakeholders such as producers, manufacturers, dismantlers, recyclers, collection  centers,  dealers,  refurbishers,  consumers,  bulk  consumers  etc.  to  address  various aspects  of  e-waste  handling,  management  and  disposal.  The  Rules  further  provide  for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), authorization of dismantlers and recyclers, reduction  of  hazardous  substances  (RoHS)  in  manufacturing  of  electrical  and  electronic equipment,  registration  of  Producer  Responsibility  Organizations  (PROs),  Deposit  Refund Scheme,  etc.The State Governments  have  been  entrusted  with the responsibility for earmarking industrial space for e-waste dismantling and recycling facilitiesand to undertake industrial skill development and establish measures for safety and health of workers engaged in these activities.The MeitY is involved in developing technology to recycle e-waste in an environmentally  sound  manner.  MeitY  has  also  set  up  a  demonstration  plant  at  Bangalore through  a  project  titled  'Environmentally  Sound  Methods  for  Recovery  of  Metals  from Printed  Circuit  Boards  (PCBs) -  Phase  II',  which  is  being  implemented  by  the Centre  for Materials for Electronics Technology  (C-MET), Hyderabad and E-Parisara, Bengaluru at a total budget outlay of Rs. 1126.80 lakhs, over a period of five years since August 2014.  A processing technology through physical separation and chemical leaching methods has been developed for recycling and reuse of electronic waste at National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML),  Jamshedpur.  MeitY  has  also  established  demonstration  process  at  the  Central Institute  of  Plastics  Engineering  &  Technology  (CIPET),  Bhubaneswar-  Autonomous academic institute under Department of Chemical & Petrochemicals, Government of India on converting  plastics  of  e-waste  to  virgin  master  batch,  which  can  be  used  for  value  added products.

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