Lok Sabha Question No. 2458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: E-waste Management
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2458

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2021

## E-waste Management

## 2458.  SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

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

- (a) the details for the e-waste management framework in the country along with its Statewise compliance;
- (b) whether the Government has offered any incentives for offices/companies/residential societies/other  like  organizations  for  management  of  e-waste  and  its  responsible disposal and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the number of recycling plants installed in each State for e-waste and the quantum of e-waste processed; and
- (d) whether the Government has conducted a study  to identify the quantum  of e-waste generated by each State, contributors to the e-waste, types of electronics that largely comprise e-waste, and environmental hazards posed by e-waste and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) 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 01.10.2016. The rules provide for followings:
- i. Applicable  to  every  manufacturer,  producer,  consumer,  bulk  consumer,  collection centres, dealers, e-retailer, refurbisher, dismantler and recycler involved in manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, collection, storage and processing of e-waste or electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I, including their components, consumables, parts and spares which make the product operational.
- ii. Extended  Producer  Responsibility  (EPR)  forProducers  of  notified  electrical  and electronic  equipment  (EEE).  Under  EPR  responsibility  of  producers  extend  beyond consumer stage of its product for collection, storage, transportation and environmentally sound dismantling and recycling and for creating awareness among consumers.
- iii. Instrument of EPR Authorization(EPRA) for producer for managing their EPR
- iv. Annual  E-Waste  collection  targets  to  Producers  based  on  the  generation  from  the previously  sold  EEE  or  based  on  sales  of  EEE  as  the  case  may  be,  the  collection targets as notified is given at Annexure - I.
- v. Environmentally Safe & Sound Collection, Transportation, Storage and Dismantling and Recycling only through authorized dismantlers and recyclers.
- vi. List  of  twenty-one  (21)  EEE  under  two  categories  namely  'information  technology and telecommunication equipment' and 'consumer electrical and electronics

equipment' which becomes e-waste at the end of its useful life when discarded by its users for dismantling and recycling.

Compliance Status of E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 are as under:

-  There are 1917 Producers having Extended Producer Responsibility Authorisation  (EPRA)  under  the  Rules.  The  States/Union  territories  (UTs) wise list of EPR Authorised Producers is at Annexure - II.
-  There are 468 authorised Dismantlers/Recyclers in 22 States having processing  capacity  of  13,85,932.22tonnes.  The  States/  UTs  wise  list  of authorised dismantlers/recyclers is at Annexure - III.
-  There are 2808 collection centres/ points in the country. The States/UTs wise list is given at Annexure - IV.
-  The quantity of e-waste collected and processed during Financial Year (FY) 2019-20  and  FY  2020-21  is  2,24,041.00  tonnes  and  3,54,540.7  tonnes respectively.The States/UTs wise details are at Annexure - V.
-  There  are  68Registered  Producer  Responsibility  Organisation  (PRO)  in  the country.
- (b) Government  has  not  offered  any  direct  incentives  for  offices/companies/residential societies/  other  like  organizations  for  management  of  e-waste  and  its  responsible  disposal, however  there  has  been  provided  disincentive  for  non-compliance  of  e-waste  rules  for responsible disposal.
- (c) There are 468 authorised Dismantlers/Recyclers in 22 States/UTs having processing capacity of 13,85,932.22tonnes. The States/ UTs wise list of authorised dismantlers/recyclers is at Annexure - III. The quantity of e-waste collected and processed during FY 2019-20 and FY 2020-21 is 2,24,041.00 tonnes and 3,54,540.7 tonnes respectively.The States/UTs wise details are at Annexure - V.
- (d) Under  the  E-Waste  (Management)  Rules,  2016,  twenty-one  (21)  types  of  EEE  has been notified. These notified EEE at the end of their life becomes E-Waste. The input data for estimation of generation of e-waste is available only from FY 2017 - 18 and for national level generation only. Information on national level e-waste generation is available financial year  wise  for  the  financial  year  2017-18,  2018-19  and  2019-20  and  is  given  in  the  table below:

|   S.No. | Financial Year   | Generation (Tonnes)   |
|---------|------------------|-----------------------|
|       1 | 2017-2018        | 7,08,445              |
|       2 | 2018-2019        | 7,71,215              |
|       3 | 2019-2020        | 10,14,961.2           |

E-waste contains precious and semi-precious materials such as 'silver, gold, platinum, palladium and plastics, iron, glass, aluminium, and copper etc.'. It also contains hazardous and toxic substances such as 'lead, cadmium, mercury, polychlorinated bi-phenyls (PCBs), etched chemicals, brominated flame retardants (BFR), arsenic, asbestos and nickel etc.'

The EEE after their useful life when they become E-Waste, may not cause any harm to health and environment if it is stored safely. However, if un-scientific and crude methods are  used  for  processing  for  retrieval  of  useful  components  or  material  or  if  the  material  is disposed in open, then it may cause health risks and damage to environment.

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## Annual Collection Targets based on generation and sales

| Year         | E-Waste Collection Target in percentage of the quantity of waste generation as indicated in EPR Plan   | E-Waste Collection Target in percentage of the sales figure of financial year**   |
|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2017-18      | 10%                                                                                                    | Not Applicable                                                                    |
| 2018-19      | 20%                                                                                                    | 5% in FY2016-17                                                                   |
| 2019-20      | 30%                                                                                                    | 5% in FY2017-18                                                                   |
| 2020-21      | 40% restricted to 30% due to Covid 19 Pandemic                                                         | 10% in FY 2018-19                                                                 |
| 2021-22      | 50% restricted to 40% due to Covid 19 Pandemic                                                         | 10% in FY 2019-20                                                                 |
| 2022-23      | 60%                                                                                                    | 15% in FY 2020-21                                                                 |
| 2023-24      | 70%                                                                                                    | 15% in FY 2021-22                                                                 |
| 2024-25      | 70%                                                                                                    | 20% in FY 2022-23                                                                 |
| 2025 onwards | 70%                                                                                                    | 20% of the sales figure of the year preceding the previous year                   |

## States/UTs wise list of EPR Authorized Producers

| Sl. No.   | States           |   No. of Authorized producers |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh   |                            08 |
| 2.        | Assam            |                            03 |
| 3.        | Chhattisgarh     |                            05 |
| 4.        | Chandigarh       |                            06 |
| 5.        | Delhi            |                           552 |
| 6.        | Gujarat          |                            78 |
| 7.        | Goa              |                            03 |
| 8.        | Haryana          |                           182 |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh |                            08 |
| 10.       | Jharkhand        |                            01 |
| 11.       | Karnataka        |                           140 |
| 12.       | Kerala           |                            55 |
| 13.       | Maharashtra      |                           445 |
| 14.       | Meghalaya        |                            01 |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh   |                            09 |
| 16.       | Odhisha          |                            07 |
| 17.       | Punjab           |                            09 |
| 18.       | Puducherry       |                            01 |
| 19.       | Rajasthan        |                            23 |
| 20.       | Tamil Nadu       |                           106 |
| 21.       | Telangana        |                            37 |
| 22.       | Uttar Pradesh    |                           161 |
| 23.       | Uttarakhand      |                            07 |
| 24.       | Daman &Diu       |                            05 |
| 25.       | West Bengal      |                            65 |
|           | Total            |                          1917 |

## States/UTs wise list of Authorized Dismantlers/recyclers

| S. No.   | State            |   Number of Authorised Dismantlers/Recyclers | Authorised Capacity in tonnes   |
|----------|------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh   |                                           08 | 32122.5                         |
| 2.       | Assam            |                                           01 | 120                             |
| 3.       | Chhattisgarh     |                                           02 | 6750                            |
| 4.       | Delhi            |                                           02 | 120                             |
| 5.       | Gujarat          |                                           33 | 84301.92                        |
| 6.       | Goa              |                                           01 | 103                             |
| 7.       | Haryana          |                                           42 | 124281.6                        |
| 8.       | Himachal Pradesh |                                           02 | 1500                            |
| 9.       | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                           03 | 705                             |
| 10       | Jharkhand        |                                           02 | 660                             |
| 11.      | Karnataka        |                                           71 | 52842                           |
| 12.      | Kerala           |                                           01 | 1200                            |
| 13.      | Maharashtra      |                                          116 | 106280.5                        |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh   |                                           02 | 9600                            |
| 15.      | Orissa           |                                           05 | 5690                            |
| 16.      | Punjab           |                                           07 | 9492                            |
| 17.      | Rajasthan        |                                           23 | 83254                           |
| 18.      | Tamil Nadu       |                                           32 | 132049                          |
| 19.      | Telangana        |                                           16 | 91563                           |
| 20.      | Uttar Pradesh    |                                           89 | 494042.7                        |
| 21.      | Uttarakhand      |                                           06 | 147305                          |
| 22.      | West Bengal      |                                           04 | 1950                            |
| Total    | Total            |                                          468 | 13,85,932.22                    |

## States/UTs wise list of collection centres/points

| S.No.   | State                      |   No. of collection centres/points |
|---------|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Arunachal Pradesh          |                                 20 |
| 2.      | Andaman and Nicobar Island |                                 32 |
| 3.      | Andhra Pradesh             |                                 56 |
| 4.      | Assam                      |                                 92 |
| 5.      | Bihar                      |                                 85 |
| 6.      | Chandigarh                 |                                 37 |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh               |                                 69 |
| 8.      | Daman and Diu              |                                 17 |
| 9.      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli        |                                 11 |
| 10.     | Delhi                      |                                150 |
| 11.     | Goa                        |                                 46 |
| 12.     | Gujrat                     |                                163 |
| 13.     | Haryana                    |                                112 |
| 14.     | Himachal Pradesh           |                                 31 |
| 15.     | Jammu and Kashmir          |                                 50 |
| 16.     | Jharkhand                  |                                 68 |
| 17.     | Karnataka                  |                                164 |
| 18.     | Kerala                     |                                103 |
| 19.     | Madhya Pradesh             |                                 95 |
| 20.     | Maharashtra                |                                384 |
| 21.     | Manipur                    |                                 17 |
| 22.     | Meghalaya                  |                                 20 |
| 23.     | Mizoram                    |                                 13 |
| 24.     | Nagaland                   |                                 21 |
| 25.     | Odhisa                     |                                 81 |
| 26.     | Puducherry                 |                                 23 |
| 27.     | Punjab                     |                                 83 |
| 28.     | Rajasthan                  |                                118 |
| 29.     | Sikkim                     |                                 22 |
| 30.     | Tamil Nadu                 |                                162 |
| 31.     | Tripura                    |                                 23 |
| 32.     | Telangana                  |                                 97 |
| 33.     | Uttar Pradesh              |                                139 |
| 34.     | Uttarakhand                |                                 59 |
| 35.     | West Bengal                |                                145 |
| Total   | Total                      |                               2808 |

## States/UTs wise E-Waste collected and processed in tonnes

| S.No.   | Name of the State                   | E-Waste collected &processed in tonnes   | E-Waste collected &processed in tonnes   |
|---------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|         |                                     | FY 2019-20                               | FY 2020-21                               |
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh                      | 9.96                                     | 229.084                                  |
| 2.      | Assam                               | 28.441                                   | 63.2                                     |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh                   | 1.63                                     | Not received                             |
| 4.      | Andaman and Nicobar Island          | 4.23                                     | 2.034                                    |
| 5.      | Bihar                               | 1674.144                                 | 86.0                                     |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh                        | 26.986                                   | 258.1                                    |
| 7.      | Chandigarh                          | 28.3145                                  | 30.8732                                  |
| 8.      | Delhi                               | 488                                      | 610.132                                  |
| 9.      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 285                                      | 586.104                                  |
| 10.     | Goa                                 | 218.544                                  | Not received                             |
| 11.     | Gujarat                             | 14185.54                                 | 109463.8032                              |
| 12.     | Haryana                             | 31036.4                                  | -                                        |
| 13.     | Himachal Pradesh                    | 140.9                                    | 72.944                                   |
| 14.     | Jammu &Kashmir                      | 87.18                                    | 150,559                                  |
| 15.     | Jharkhand                           | 36.43                                    | 95.316                                   |
| 16.     | Karnataka                           | 44240.10                                 | 96192.45                                 |
| 17.     | Kerala                              | 1289.21                                  | 1494.0                                   |
| 18.     | Lakshadweep                         | 7.08                                     | Not received                             |
| 19.     | Madhya Pradesh                      | 183.82                                   | 419.44                                   |
| 20.     | Maharashtra                         | 13141.94                                 | 14546.0                                  |
| 21.     | Manipur                             | 2.613                                    | Not received                             |
| 22.     | Mizoram                             | 2.96                                     | 19.308                                   |
| 23.     | Meghalaya                           | 4.72                                     | 6.175                                    |
| 24.     | Nagaland                            | 13.42                                    | 423.0                                    |
| 25.     | Odisha                              | 476.13                                   | 398.483                                  |
| 26.     | Punjab                              | 180.9                                    | 384.307                                  |
| 27.     | Puducherry                          | 64.77                                    | Not received                             |
| 28.     | Rajasthan                           | 17028.188                                | 18742.118                                |
| 29.     | Sikkim                              | 7216                                     | 35.6035                                  |
| 30.     | Tamil Nadu                          | 37235.66                                 | 28305.89                                 |
| 31.     | Telangana                           | 37858                                    | 38346.0                                  |
| 32.     | Tripura                             | 11.57                                    | 12.7812                                  |
| 33.     | Uttar Pradesh                       | 00                                       | Not received                             |
| 34.     | Uttarakhand                         | 16322.16                                 | 43150.08                                 |
| 35.     | West Bengal                         | 510                                      | 416.891                                  |
|         | Total                               | 2,24,041.00                              | 3,54,540.7                               |

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