Lok Sabha Question No. 3611 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Recycling Units for e-Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar, Arvind Ganpat Sawant

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3611 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

## Recycling Units for e-Waste

## 3611.  SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI: SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

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

- (a)   the number of registered e-waste processing and recycling units for disposal of electronic waste in the country, since inception, State-wise and year-wise; and
- (b)   the total quantity of waste generated and the percentage of electronic e-waste disposed of through these regulated waste processing units?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) Presently four hundred seventy two (472) numbers of dismantlers/recyclers of e-waste are  operating  in  twenty-two  (22)  States/UTs.  These  authorized  dismantlers/recyclers  have annual  processing  capacity  of  14,26,685.22  tonnes.  States/UTs-wise  details  are  given  at Annexure-I. Further, Year wise details of dismantling/ recycling units are given at AnnexureII.
- (b) The  e-waste  generated  in  the  country  from  twenty  one  (21)  types  of  electrical  and electronic equipment (EEE) notified under the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 during the last three years and processed along with information on percentage of e-waste processed with regard to generation is given below:

| Financial Year   | Generation (Tonnes)   | Processed (Tonnes)   | Processed (dismantled &recycled) (%)   |
|------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 2017-18          | 7,08,445.00           | 69,413.619           | 9.798%                                 |
| 2018-19          | 7,71,215.00           | 1,64,663.00          | 21.35%                                 |
| 2019-20          | 10,14,961.21          | 2,22,436.34          | 22.07%                                 |

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## State/UTs-wise details of number of authorized dismantler/recycler and their annual processing capacity

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs       |   Number of Authorized Dismantler/Recycler | State Wise Capacity (Tonnes)   |
|-----------|------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh   |                                          8 | 32,122.50                      |
| 2.        | Assam            |                                          1 | 120.00                         |
| 3.        | Chhattisgarh     |                                          2 | 6,750.00                       |
| 4.        | Delhi            |                                          2 | 120.00                         |
| 5.        | Gujarat          |                                         33 | 84,301.92                      |
| 6.        | Goa              |                                          1 | 103.00                         |
| 7.        | Haryana          |                                         43 | 1,37,415.60                    |
| 8.        | Himachal Pradesh |                                          2 | 1,500.00                       |
| 9.        | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                          3 | 705.00                         |
| 10.       | Jharkhand        |                                          2 | 660.00                         |
| 11.       | Karnataka        |                                         71 | 52,842.00                      |
| 12.       | Kerala           |                                          1 | 1,200.00                       |
| 13.       | Maharashtra      |                                        116 | 1,06,280.50                    |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh   |                                          2 | 9,600.00                       |
| 15.       | Orissa           |                                          5 | 5,690.00                       |
| 16.       | Punjab           |                                          7 | 9,492.00                       |
| 17.       | Rajasthan        |                                         24 | 83,604.00                      |
| 18.       | Tamil Nadu       |                                         32 | 1,32,049.00                    |
| 19.       | Telangana        |                                         18 | 1,13,012.00                    |
| 20.       | Uttar Pradesh    |                                         89 | 4,94,042.70                    |
| 21.       | Uttarakhand      |                                          6 | 1,53,125.00                    |
| 22.       | West Bengal      |                                          4 | 1,950.00                       |
|           | Total            |                                        472 | 14,26,685.22                   |

Annexure-II Year  wise  details  of  dismantling/recycling  units  and  their  annual  processing capacity

| 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                        |