Lok Sabha Question No. 5068 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: E-Waste Management
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam, Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5068

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.04.2022

## E-Waste Management

## 5068.  SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

## DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAISOLANKI:

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

- (a)   whether the Government has undertaken any steps for recycling and management of the e-wastes and if so the details of the outcomes;
- (b) the details of amount of e-waste generated and processed during 2018-2021, State-wise and year-wise;
- (c)   whether  the  Government  has  commissioned  any  study  to  understand  gaps  in  e-waste management between 2018-2021 and if so, the details of the report and recommendations therein; and
- (d)   if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)            The  management  of  e-waste  in  the  Country  is  regulated  under  the  E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 and amendments thereof. The Rules, are effective from 01-102016 and have the following specific objectives:
-  Extended Responsibility to producers to manage a system of E-waste collection, storage,  transportation  and  environmentally  sound  dismantling  and  recycling through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Authorization.
-  To  promote  and  encourage  establishment  of  an  efficient  e-waste  collection mechanism.
-  To promote environmentally safe and sound recycling through authorized dismantlers and recyclers of e-waste.
-  To minimize illegal recycling / recovery operations.
-  Reduce hazardous substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE).

Under the aforesaid rules, provisions have been made for dismantling and recycling of e-waste.  The  dismantlers  and  recyclers  have  to  obtain  authorization  from  concern  State Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)/  Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCCs).  The  concerned SPCB/PCC grants  authorization  after  ensuring  that  the  dismantlers  and  recyclers  have  the dismantling and recycling facilities as per the guidelines of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).  Presently four hundred and sixty-eight (468) numbers dismantlers/recyclers of ewaste are operating in twenty-two (22).  These authorised dismantlers/recyclers have annual processing capacity of 13,85,932.22 tonnes.

Principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been implemented for management of e-waste in the country. Under EPR, Producers have to collect targeted quantity of e-waste for environmentally sound dismantling and recycling only through authorised dismantlers and recyclers. The authorized dismantlers and recyclers are required to carry out dismantling and recycling of e-waste in an environmentally sound manner as per the guidelines published by CPCB.

(b) Under the aforesaid rules, twenty-one (21) types of EEE have been notified. These notified  EEE  at  the  end  of  their  life  become  E-Waste.  The  input  data  for  estimation  of generation of e-waste is available for national level generation only.The amount of e-waste collected, dismantled & recycled/ disposed out of the total e-waste generated in the country from  twenty-one  (21)  types  of  notified  EEE  for  the  financial  year  2017-18,  2018-219  and 2019-20 is given in the table below:

| Financial Year   | Generation   | Quantity of e-waste collected, dismantled &recycled / disposed   |
|------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                  | (Tonnes)     | (Tonnes)                                                         |
| 2017-18          | 7,08,445.00  | 69,414.0                                                         |
| 2018-19          | 7,71,215.00  | 1,64,663.0                                                       |
| 2019-20          | 10,14,961.21 | 2,24,041.0                                                       |

(c) & (d) Ministry regularly reviews and takes feedback in respect of E-Waste (Management) Rules from various  stakeholders.  Based  on  the  feedback  received  from  the stakeholders,Ministry notifies amendment in E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016. The last such amendment was done vide notification G.S.R. 261(E) dated 22 nd March, 2018.

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