Lok Sabha Question No. 3585 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Incentivise Recycling
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Maddila  Gurumoorthy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3585

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

## Incentivise Recycling

## 3585.  SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY:

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

- (a)   the number of recycling units present across the country;
- (b)   the details of materials recycled over the period of last year;
- (c)   whether  there  is  any  schemes  to  incentivise  recycling  and  repurposing  by  public  and private institutions, if so, the details thereof; 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) & (b) Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)has prepared National Inventory Report on Wastes Generation and its Management on annual basis based on the annual inventory received from the concerned State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / Pollution Control Committees (PCCs). The details of number of recycling units, treatment capacity/quantity recycled/processed/treated across the country waste wise are as follows:

## A. Hazardous Waste:

|   S. No. | Name of Hazardous Wastes                                  |   No of facilities | Quantity recycled (in MT)   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | Brass, Zinc, Copper &Spent Catalyst                       |                635 | 3,60,665                    |
|        2 | Lead bearing Waste (Including Battery)                    |                741 | 6,82,339                    |
|        3 | Used/Waste Oil                                            |                623 | 2,67,800                    |
|        4 | Paint &Ink Sludge                                         |                 15 | 3,583                       |
|        5 | Recycling permitted under Rule 9 of hazardous waste rules |                736 | 11,11,722                   |
|        6 | Co-processing of Hazardous and Other waste                |                 96 | 18,96,250                   |

## B. Bio Medical Waste:

|   S. No. |   Year |   No. of Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTFs) | Treatment Capacity (in tons/day)   |
|----------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 |   2014 |                                                          191 | 609*                               |
|        2 |   2015 |                                                          203 | 693*                               |
|        3 |   2016 |                                                          199 | 796*                               |

|   4. |   2017 |   198 | 739*   |
|------|--------|-------|--------|
|    5 |   2018 |   200 | 764*   |
|    6 |   2019 |   202 | 865    |
|    7 |   2020 |   208 | 1153   |

## C. E-Waste:

| Financial Year   |   Number of Authorized Dismantlers/Recyclers | Total Capacity (Tonnes per Annum)   |
|------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 2016-17          |                                          178 | 4,38,086                            |
| 2017-18          |                                          275 | 5,10,950                            |
| 2018-19          |                                          312 | 7,82,080. 62                        |
| 2019-20          |                                          407 | 11,10,103.22                        |
| 2020-21          |                                          468 | 13,85,932.22                        |
| 2021-22          |                                          472 | 14,26,685.22                        |

## D. Solid Waste:

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year   | Solid waste generated (TPD)   | Waste Processed (TPD)   |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | 2015-16          | 1,04,636.27                   | 20,288.55               |
|         2 | 2016-17          | 1,19,140.92                   | 24,045.05               |
|         3 | 2017-18          | 4,2,199.385                   | 15,386.816              |
|         4 | 2018-19          | 1,52,076.675                  | 55,759.76               |
|         5 | 2019-20          | 1,50,761.145                  | 70,881.197              |
|         6 | 2020-21          | 1,60,038.9                    | 79,956.3                |

## E. Plastic waste:

| Financial Year   |   Number of registered plastic waste processors under Plastic Waste Management Rules |   Plastic waste generated (lakh TPA) |   Plastic waste recycled (lakh TPA) |   Plastic waste co-processed (lakh TPA) |
|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2019-20          |                                                                                 1419 |                                 34.7 |                                15.8 |                                    1.67 |

- (c) & (d): Ministry under its central sector scheme 'Creation of Management Structures for  Hazardous  Substances'  provides  financial  assistance  for  innovative  technologies  for environmentally sound management of chemicals and wastes.

Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  has  amended  the  existing Scheme  for  Promotion  of  Manufacturing  of  Electronic  Components  and  Semiconductors (SPECS)  to  provide  support  for  setting  up  of  state-of-art  e-waste  recycling  facilities  for extraction of precious metals from e-waste components. The scheme envisioned for financial incentive of 25% on capital expenditure.

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