Lok Sabha Question No. 2937 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-15
Subject: e-Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2937

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2016

## e-Waste

## 2937.   SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

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

- (a) the quantum of e-waste generated in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the corrective steps taken by the Government to curb the growth of e-waste generated in the country;
- (c) the details of the schemes implemented, targets achieved and funds allocated in this regard during the said period;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  implement  Extended  Producers' Responsibility in the country to curb the generation of e-waste; and

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI   PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) No systematic inventorisation of e-waste generation has been carried out in the country. However,  the  reported  generation  of  e-waste  by  State  Pollution  Control  Boards/  Pollution Control  Committees  within  their  State  /  Union  Territory  at  different  period  is  given  at Annexure.

(b) Generation  of  e-waste  is  the  natural  outcome  of  use  of  electrical  and  electronic equipments when such equipments attain end-of-life. Accordingly, policies aim at disposal of e-waste in an environmentally sound manner.

(c) As per e-waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 the responsibility of disposal of e-waste in an environmentally sound manner is vested with the producers of electrical and electronic  equipments  and  private  enterprise  is  permitted  to  set  up  dismantling/  recycling units of e-waste along with the producers. There is no scheme in this Ministry for providing financial support for this purpose.

(d)  &  (e)  Extended  Producers  Responsibility  (EPR)  is  already  operational  under  e-waste (Management  and  Handling)  Rules,  2011to  ensure  collection,  dismantling,  recycling  and other  steps  for  safe  disposal  of  e-waste  in  the  country.    Producers  are  entrusted  with  the responsibility to finance and organize a system to meet the costs involved in complying with

EPR. Under EPR, the Producers are required to set up collection centers /take back facility for  channelizing  the  e-waste  to  registered  dismantlers/recycler  for  environmentally  sound dismantling and recycling. As on date one fifty one (151) Producer have been authorized in 11 States of the country.

To  ensure  better  implementation  of  management  of  electronic  waste,  Ministry  has published  draft  e-Waste  (Management)  Rules,  2015.  The  provisions  of  this  Draft  Rule include expanding producer's responsibility under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), setting  up  of  Producer  Responsibility  Organizations,  and  e-waste  Exchange,  assigning specific responsibility to bulk consumers of electronic products for safe disposal, providing for  economic  incentives  for  collection  of  electronic  waste,  and  other  measures  to  include dedicated  responsibility  of  electronic  and  electrical  product  producers  for  collection  and channelizing of electronic waste. Steps have also been taken for simplification in permission process  for  dismantling  and  recycling  through  one  system  of  authorization  instead  of  both registration and authorisation.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Number 2937 for 15 .03.2016  by Shri Mallikarjun Kharge  regarding e-Waste

Inventorization of e-waste generation by State Pollution Control Boards / Pollution Control Committees

|   S.No | Year of Information   | State            | Estimated Quantity in tone per annum                        |
|--------|-----------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | 2005                  | Maharashtra      | 20271                                                       |
|      2 | 2010                  | Andhra Pradesh   | 4266 in 3 cities (Hyderabad - Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada) |
|      3 | 2010                  | Meghalaya        | 446 in Shillong                                             |
|      4 | 2010                  | West Bengal      | 25999 in Kolkata                                            |
|      5 | 2012                  | Punjab           | 12432                                                       |
|      6 | 2012                  | Goa              | 915                                                         |
|      7 | 2012                  | Jammu & Kashmir  | 500                                                         |
|      8 | 2013                  | Assam            | 14                                                          |
|      9 | 2013                  | Chandigarh       | 7.062                                                       |
|     10 | 2013                  | Puducherry       | 11.06                                                       |
|     11 | 2013                  | Himachal Pradesh | 4749                                                        |
|     12 | 2013-14               | Karnataka        | 86118                                                       |
|     13 | 2013-14               | Kerala           | 265.56                                                      |
|     14 | 2014-2015             | Madhya Pradesh   | 2,20,700                                                    |