Lok Sabha Question No. 1093 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: e-Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1093. TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.11.2019

## e-Waste

## 1093.   SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made any assessment to identify the electronic waste (e-waste) generated annually by each State in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, Statewise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the number of recyclers/authorized dealers of e-waste in each State of thecountry;
- (d) whether  the  number  of  recyclers/  authorized  dealers  for  e-waste  management available  in  each  State  of  the  country  are  capable  enough  for  disposal  of  such  ewaste and if so, the details thereof and if not, thereasons therefor;
- (e) whether the cases of violation of e-Waste (Management and Handling)Rules, 2011 by recyclers/authorized dealers have come to the notice of theGovernment since the said Rules came into force; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with corrective stepstaken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b):  The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2005 estimated 1.47 lakh ton of e-waste  in  the  country.  As  per  'The  Global  E-Waste  Monitor  2017'  published  by  the  UN University, 2 Million ton of e-waste was generated in the country in 2016. Recently Ministry of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY) has developed  a  guideline on uniform inventorization of e-waste in the Country.

(c) and (d): As per the information available with CPCB, 312 dismantlers and recyclers have been granted authorization by 18 State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs). These authorized dismantlers and recyclers have the cumulative annual processing capacity of 7,82,080 MT. The State-wise details of installed recycling/dismantling facilities operating in the country is given as following:

| Sl. No.   | State   | Number of Authorized Dismantler/Recycler   | State Wise Capacity (MTPA)   |
|-----------|---------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|

| 1.    | Andhra Pradesh   |   01 | 480      |
|-------|------------------|------|----------|
| 2.    | Chhattisgarh     |   01 | 600      |
| 3.    | Gujarat          |   16 | 49053    |
| 4.    | Goa              |   01 | 103      |
| 5.    | Haryana          |   28 | 87378    |
| 6.    | Himachal Pradesh |   01 | 1000     |
| 7.    | Jammu &Kashmir   |   01 | 165      |
| 8.    | Karnataka        |   71 | 52722    |
| 9.    | Maharashtra      |   75 | 78179    |
| 10.   | Madhya Pradesh   |   02 | 9600     |
| 11.   | Orissa           |   03 | 3680     |
| 12.   | Punjab           |   03 | 4850     |
| 13.   | Rajasthan        |   26 | 90769    |
| 14.   | Tamil Nadu       |   24 | 97271    |
| 15.   | Telangana        |   11 | 41493    |
| 16.   | Uttar Pradesh    |   41 | 243627   |
| 17.   | Uttarakhand      |   04 | 19250    |
| 18.   | West Bengal      |   03 | 1860     |
| TOTAL | TOTAL            |  312 | 7,82,080 |

- (e) Violation of E-waste management rules were reported in case of ten producers namely:
- i. M/s. Apple India Private Limited,
- ii. M/s. HP India Sales Private Limited,
- iii. M/s. Motorola Mobility India Pvt. Ltd.,
- iv. M/s. Canon India Pvt. Ltd.,
- v. M/s. Eltech Appliances Pvt. Ltd.,
- vi. M/s. ETA General Pvt. Ltd.,
- vii. M/s. Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.,
- viii. M/s. Vivo Mobile India Pvt. Ltd.,
- ix. M/s. BE Office Automation Products Pvt. Ltd., and
- x. M/s Tara Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

The Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) Authorisation granted to these producers were suspended. Based on corrective measures taken by these producers, listed at sl. no. i to viii above,  suspension  of  EPR  authorisation  was  revoked.  In  addition,  Maharashtra  SPCB  has issued directions to 9 dismantlers/recyclers and also issued closure notice to one unit for nonprovision of air pollution control system. The Haryana SPCB has issued show cause notice to two non-compliant units.

- (f)  In  order  to  ensure  compliance  of  E-waste  management  rules,SPCBs/PCCs  quarterly monitor the quantity of e-waste collected and channelized by producers and annually monitor the facilities of dismantlers and recyclers for their infrastructure and records. A software has been  developed  by  CPCB  where  SPCBs/PCCs  are  required  to  upload  their  quarterly verification reports.

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