Lok Sabha Question No. 5193 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Assessment to identify e-Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal, Navneet Ravi Rana, Locket Chatterjee

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5193

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023

## Assessment to identify e-Waste

## 5193.  SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL: SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA: MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made anyassessment to identify the e-Waste generated everyyear in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   the details of e-Waste generated during thelast two years, State-wise;
- (c)   whether the Government has formulated anypolicy for e-Waste management and if so, the detailsthereof; and
- (d)   the details of agencies authorized for the saide-waste collection, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) The generation of e-waste is estimated based on the sales data and average life of notified  electrical  and  electronic  equipment  (EEE).  The  input  data  of  e-waste  generated  is collated  on  national  level  only.  As  per  the  information  available  with  CPCB,  e-waste generated  in  the  country  from  twenty-one  (21)  types  of  EEE  notified  under  the  E-Waste (Management)  Rules,  2016  in  the  financial  year  2020-21  and  2021-22  was  estimated  as 13,46,496.31 tonnes and 16,01,155.36 tonnes respectively.Following steps have been taken to regulate management of e-waste in the country:
- (i) The  management of e-waste  is  being  carried  out  under  the  frame  work  of  E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 and amendments there off. The Rules, are effective from 1 st October, 2016. The rules provide for followings:
-  Applicable to every manufacturer, producer, consumer, bulk consumer, collection centres, dealers, e-retailer, refurbisher, dismantler and recycler.
-  Under  the  Extended  Producer  Responsibility  (EPR)  regime,  producers  have  to obtain EPR Authorization from CPCB for implementing their EPR and details of their dismantlers/recyclers.
-  Notified  EEE  are  twenty-one  (21)  and  listed  in  Schedule  -  I  of  the  above  said Rules.
-  Under  EPR  regime,  producers  of  notified  EEE  have  been  given  annual  e-waste collection targets based on the generation from the previously sold EEE or based on sales of EEE as the case may be.
- (ii) Ministry has notified the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 on 2 nd November, 2022. These  rules  will  replace  E-Waste  (Management)  Rules,  2016  with  effectfrom  1 st April,  2023.  These  rules  will  launch  a  new  EPR  regime  for  e-waste  recycling.  The salient feature of new rules is as under:
-  Applicable to every manufacturer, producer, refurbisher, dismantler and recycler.
-  All the manufacturer, producer, refurbisher and recycler are required to register on portal developed by CPCB.
-  No entity shall carry out any business without registration and also not deal with any unregistered entity.
-  Authorization  has  now  been  replaced  by  Registration  through  online  portal  and only manufacturer, producer, refurbisher and recycler require Registration.
-  Provisions  for  environment  compensation  and  verification  &  audit  has  been introduced.
- (iii) An Action Plan for enforcement of E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016, across the country is in place and is being implemented by all the States/UTs and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs).An e-waste Management review portal has also been developed for uploading status & progress of e-waste action plan.

(d) Under the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 collection of e-waste can be done by authorised dismantlers/ recyclers and producers either individually or through their authorized  service  providers.  There  are  567  authorized  dismantlers/recyclers  and  2300 authorised  producers  of  e-waste  in  the  country.  The  States/UTs  wise  details  of  number  of authorised dismantler/recycler and producers is given at Annexure-I.

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Annexure-I

## States/UTs wise details of number of authorised dismantler/recycler and producers

| S. No.   | States/UTs       | Number of authorised dismantler/recycler   |   No. of authorized producers |
|----------|------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh   | 10                                         |                            10 |
| 2.       | Assam            | 01                                         |                            03 |
| 3.       | Chhattisgarh     | 02                                         |                            06 |
| 4.       | Delhi            | 06                                         |                           633 |
| 5.       | Gujarat          | 40                                         |                            93 |
| 6.       | Goa              | 02                                         |                            03 |
| 7.       | Haryana          | 42                                         |                           201 |
| 8.       | Himachal Pradesh | 02                                         |                            08 |
| 9.       | Jammu &Kashmir   | 03                                         |                            01 |
| 10.      | Jharkhand        | 02                                         |                            01 |
| 11.      | Karnataka        | 72                                         |                           182 |
| 12.      | Kerala           | 01                                         |                            62 |
| 13.      | Maharashtra      | 140                                        |                           553 |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh   | 03                                         |                            16 |
| 15.      | Odisha           | 07                                         |                            10 |
| 16.      | Punjab           | 08                                         |                            12 |
| 17.      | Rajasthan        | 27                                         |                            27 |
| 18.      | Tamil Nadu       | 42                                         |                           136 |
| 19.      | Telangana        | 23                                         |                            55 |
| 20.      | Uttar Pradesh    | 121                                        |                           191 |
| 21.      | Uttarakhand      | 08                                         |                            09 |
| 22.      | West Bengal      | 05                                         |                            75 |
| 23.      | Chandigarh       | -                                          |                            06 |
| 24.      | Meghalaya        | -                                          |                            01 |
| 25.      | Puducherry       | -                                          |                            01 |
| 26.      | Daman &Diu       | -                                          |                            05 |
|          | Total            | 567                                        |                          2300 |