Lok Sabha Question No. 1723 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: E-Waste
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Arun Sao, Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1723

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2021

## E-WASTE

## 1723.  SHRI ARUN SAO : SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:-

- (a) the statewise details of quantum of e-waste collected in the country every year;
- (b) the details of names of agencies authorized for this work; and
- (c) the details of likely adverse effects of e-waste collection?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a):   The state-wise data on e-waste collected and processed since Financial Year (FY) 2016-17 to FY 2020-21,  based  on  annual  reports  submitted  by  35  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)/ Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) to CPCB, is attached at Annexure-I .
- (b):   Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) is the policy maker for management of e-waste in the country, and has notified the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016. Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  and  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)/  Pollution Control  Committees  (PCCs)  are  the  regulating  agencies.  Under  the  Rules,  producers  and  their service  providers,  dismantlers,  recyclers,  refurbishers  are  responsible  for  collection  of  e-waste. SPCBs/ PCCs provide information on e-waste collected and processed in their respective States/UT to CPCB.
- (c):     E-waste, as such, when collected and stored in safe and secured manner does not cause any harm or adverse effects on the health and environment within the prescribed guidelines issued by MoEF&CC.    E-Waste  causes  adverse  effect  when  unscientific  methods  and  crude  technology, outside those prescribed in the guidelines, are used for recovery of material from e-waste without pollution control measures or when e-waste is disposed of in open environment.

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## State-wise details of e-waste collected and processed (since Financial Years 2016-17 to 2020-21)

| S. No.   | Name of the State                                       | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|          |                                                         | FY 16-17                                      | FY 17-18                                      | FY 18-19                                      | FY 19-20                                      | FY 20-21                                      |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB)          | 26                                            | 57.4804                                       | 59.3284                                       | 9.96                                          | 229.084                                       |
| 2.       | Assam State Pollution Control Board                     | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | 101.277                                       | 28.441                                        | 63.2                                          |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board               | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | 1.63                                          | Not received                                  |
| 4.       | A &N Island Pollution Control Committee                 | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | 4.23                                          | 2.034                                         |
| 5.       | Bihar State Pollution Control Board                     | 90.98                                         | Not reported                                  | 101.0489                                      | 1674.144                                      | 86.0                                          |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB)      | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | 62387.85                                      | 26.986                                        | 258.1                                         |
| 7.       | Chandigarh Pollution Control Board                      | 44.48                                         | 29.0635                                       | 19.64056                                      | 28.3145                                       | 30.8732                                       |
| 8.       | Delhi Pollution Control Committee                       | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | 488                                           | 610.132                                       |
| 9.       | DNH&DD Pollution Control Committee                      | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | 14.82                                         | 285                                           | 586.104                                       |
| 10.      | Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB)               | Not reported                                  | 5.1123                                        | 11.7204                                       | 218.544                                       | Not received                                  |
| 11.      | Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB)                  | Not reported                                  | 1298.561                                      | 3106.3085                                     | 14185.54                                      | 109463.80 32                                  |
| 12.      | Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB)           | Not reported                                  | 5949.2479                                     | 11270.833                                     | 31036.4                                       | -                                             |
| 13.      | Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (HPSPCB) | Not reported                                  | NIL                                           | 3757.2                                        | 140.9                                         | 72.944                                        |
| 14.      | Jammu & Kashmir Pollution Control Board (J &KPCB)       | Not reported                                  | 891.86                                        | 11219.97                                      | 87.18                                         | 150,559                                       |
| 15.      | Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB)         | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | 334.536                                       | 36.43                                         | 95.316                                        |

## Annexure - I

| S. No.   | Name of the State                               | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the State                               | FY 16-17                                      | FY 17-18                                      | FY 18-19                                      | FY 19-20                                      | FY 20-21                                      |
| 16.      | Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) | Not reported                                  | 7241.7                                        | 16424.6215                                    | 44240.10                                      | 96192.45                                      |
| 17.      | Kerala State Pollution Control Board(KPCB)      | Not reported                                  | 314.277                                       | 351.567                                       | 1289.21                                       | 1494.0                                        |
| 18.      | Lakshadweep Pollution Control Committee         | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | 7.08                                          | Not received                                  |
| 19.      | Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB)  | Not reported                                  | 401.959                                       | 280.56                                        | 183.82                                        | 419.44                                        |
| 20.      | Maharashtra Pollution Control Board             | Not reported                                  | 7031.481                                      | 5244.077                                      | 13141.94                                      | 14546.0                                       |
| 21.      | Manipur State Pollution Control Board           | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | 2.613                                         | Not received                                  |
| 22.      | Mizoram State Pollution Control Board           | Not reported                                  | 0.3216                                        | 24.648                                        | 2.96                                          | 19.308                                        |
| 23.      | Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board         | 0.3                                           | 1.5                                           | 0.84                                          | 4.72                                          | 6.175                                         |
| 24.      | Nagaland Pollution Control Board                | Data not available                            | Data not available                            | 11.64                                         | 13.42                                         | 423.0                                         |
| 25.      | Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB)    | Not reported                                  | 501.239                                       | 352.74677                                     | 476.13                                        | 398.483                                       |
| 26.      | Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB)           | 414.25                                        | Not reported                                  | 52.471                                        | 180.9                                         | 384.307                                       |
| 27.      | Puducherry Pollution Control Committee          | 0.53                                          | 25805.3                                       | 62.444                                        | 64.77                                         | Not received                                  |
| 28.      | Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | 4001.8982                                     | 17028.188                                     | 18742.118                                     |
| 29.      | Sikkim State Pollution Control Board            | Not reported                                  | Not reported                                  | NIL                                           | 7216                                          | 35.6035                                       |
| 30.      | Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB)      | 8994.09                                       | 16704.34                                      | 28226.9                                       | 37235.66                                      | 28305.89                                      |
| 31.      | Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) | 6299.23                                       | 2846                                          | 14640.57                                      | 37858                                         | 38346.0                                       |
| 32.      | Tripura State Pollution Control Board           | Not reported                                  | 11.0637                                       | 11.0                                          | 11.57                                         | 12.7812                                       |
| 33.      | Uttar Pradesh Pollution                         | Not                                           | Not reported                                  | Not                                           | 00                                            | Not                                           |

| S. No.   | Name of the State                                                     | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   | E-waste collected and processed (in tonnes)   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|          |                                                                       | FY 16-17                                      | FY 17-18                                      | FY 18-19                                      | FY 19-20                                      | FY 20-21                                      |
|          | Control Board (UPPCB)                                                 | reported                                      |                                               | reported                                      |                                               | received                                      |
| 34.      | Uttarakhand Environment Protection & Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) | 6830.47                                       | Not reported                                  | 2165.215                                      | 16322.16                                      | 43150.08                                      |
| 35.      | West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB)                           | Not reported                                  | 323.160                                       | 427.2617                                      | 510                                           | 416.891                                       |
|          | Total                                                                 | 22700.33                                      | 69413.619                                     | 164662.993                                    | 224041.00                                     | 354540.7                                      |

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