Lok Sabha Question No. 136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-21
Subject: e-Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Bhartruhari Mahtab

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 136.

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.06.2019

## E-Waste

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

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

- (a) whether the Government has made any assessment to identify the e-waste generated annually by each State in the country, if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the number of recyclers/authorized dealers of e-waste in each State of the country;
- (c) 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 e-waste, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the cases of violation of e-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 by recyclers/authorized dealers have come to the notice of the Government since the said Rules came into force, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the corrective steps taken by the Government for proper disposal of e-waste?

## ANSWER MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) Comprehensive inventorisation of e-waste generation in the country has not been done. However,  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  in  2005  estimated  1.47  lakh  ton  of  ewaste in the country and simultaneously had projected 8.0 lakh ton of e-waste generation in the year 2010. As per the Global E-waste Monitor 2017 Report of United Nations University the annual generation of e-waste in India was 2 million metric tons in 2016.
- (b) and (c) As per the information available with Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), 304 dismantlers and recyclers have been granted authorization by 18 State Pollution Control Boards  (SPCBs)/Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCCs).  These  authorized  dismantlers  and recyclers  are  having  equipment  and  facilities  for  environmentally  sound  processing  of  ewaste, the cumulative annual processing capacity of these units are 7,80,865 MT. State-wise detail of installed recycling/dismantling facilities operating in the country is as given below:
- (d)  The  Maharashtra  SPCB  has  issued  directions  to  9  dismantlers/recycler  and  also  issued closure  notice  to  one  unit  for  non-provision  of  air  pollution  control  system.  The  Haryana SPCB has issued show cause notice to two non-compliant units.
- (e) The Ministry has notified E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 on 23 rd March, 2016 and has  further  made  amendments  in  March,  2018  for  its  effective  implementation.  The provisions  of  these  Rules  include  extended  producer  responsibility,  setting  up  of  producer responsibility  organizations  and  e-waste  exchange  to  facilitate  collection  and  recycling, assigning specific responsibility  to  bulk  consumers  of  electronic  products  for  safe  disposal and  other  measures  which  include  responsibility  of  producers  of  electronic  and  electrical products for collection and channelizing of electronic waste. The Rules provide for simplified permission  process  for  setting  up  of  dismantling  and  recycling  facilities  through  single authorization  by  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB).  State  Governments  have  been entrusted with the responsibility for earmarking industrial space for e-waste dismantling and recycling  facilities,  to  undertake  industrial  skill  development  and  establish  measures  for protection of health and safety of workers engaged in dismantling and recycling facilities of e-waste. As  per provisions of the Rules various stakeholders viz. bulk consumers, manufactures,  producers,  refurbishers,  dismantler,  recyclers  have  to  maintain  records  of  ewaste generated, collected or disposed by them and file annual returns to the concerned State Pollution Control Board (SPCBs)/ Pollution Control Committee (PCCs). The SPCBs/PCCs have to submit annual report to CPCB.

|   Sl. No. | State          |   Number of Authorized Dismantler/Recycler | State Wise Capacity (MTPA)   |
|-----------|----------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh |                                         01 | 480                          |
|         2 | Chhattisgarh   |                                         01 | 730                          |
|         3 | Gujarat        |                                         16 | 49,053                       |

| 4.   | Goa              |   01 | --       |
|------|------------------|------|----------|
| 5.   | Haryana          |   26 | 82,734   |
| 6.   | Himachal Pradesh |   01 | 1,000    |
| 7.   | Jammu &Kashmir   |   01 | 165      |
| 8.   | Karnataka        |   71 | 52,722   |
| 9.   | Maharashtra      |   66 | 85,180   |
| 10.  | Madhya Pradesh   |   02 | 6,000    |
| 11.  | Orissa           |   03 | 3,680    |
| 12.  | Punjab           |   03 | 4,850    |
| 13.  | Rajasthan        |   26 | 90,769   |
| 14.  | Tamil Nadu       |   24 | 97,271   |
| 15.  | Telangana        |   11 | 41,493   |
| 16.  | Uttar Pradesh    |   41 | 2,43,628 |
| 17.  | Uttarakhand      |   04 | 19,250   |
| 18.  | West Bengal      |   03 | 1,860    |
|      |                  |  301 | 7,80,865 |

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