Lok Sabha Question No. 37 (STARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: E-Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *37

TO BE ANSWERED ON  19.07.2016

## E-Waste

## *37. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the rise in e-waste generation in the recent past;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT- wise along with the measures taken to manage and regulate e-waste disposal in the country;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps  to  recycle  these  e-wastes  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (d) the number and recycling capacity of the e-waste recyclers/dismantlers operating in the country, State-wise; and
- (e) the expenditure incurred by the Government for construction of e-waste recycling/dismantling plants during each of the last two years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) to (e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred     Question No 37 for answer on 19 th  July, 2016 regarding 'E-Waste' raised by SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

- (a) Yes  Sir.    The  country's  economic  growth  with  rise  in  per  capita  income  and technological  innovations  coupled  with  high  obsolescence  rate  of  electronic  and electrical  equipments  are  leading  to  increase  in  the  rate  of  generation  of  e-waste. Central Pollution Control Board in 2005 estimated 1.4 lakh ton of     e-waste in the country, and simultaneously had projected 8.0 lakh ton of       e-waste generation in the  year  2010.    As  per  the  United  Nations  University  report,  'The  Global  E-Waste Monitor 2014', 17 lakh ton of e-waste generation was reported in the country in 2014.
- (b)&(c)  No  comprehensive  state-wise  inventorization  of  e-waste  generation  in  the  country has been done. To ensure better implementation of management of electronic waste in the country, Ministry has comprehensively revised e-waste (Management & handling) Rules, 2011 and notified e-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 in March, 2016.  The provisions  of  this  Rule  include  expanding  producer's  responsibility  under  extended producer  responsibility,  setting  up  of  producer  responsibility  organizations  and  ewaste exchange to facilitate collection and recycling,  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. Simplification in permission process for dismantling and  recycling  facilities  through  single  authorization  based  on  Standard  Operating Procedures (SoP) prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board. State Governments have been entrusted with the responsibility for earmarking industrial space for e-waste dismantling and recycling facilities and to undertake industrial skill development; and put  in  place  measures  for  safety  and  health  of  workers  engaged  in  dismantling  and recycling facilities.
- (d) The total capacity of 151 dismantling /recycling units located in 13 states is 446855 metric ton per annum . State wise details of installed recycling/dismantling facilities operating in the country are as given below:
- (e) All the recycling/dismantling facilities in the country have been financed by private sector.  No  expenditure  has  been  incurred  by  Government  for  setting  up    of  such facilities.

|   S. No. | State          |   Number of registered Dismantler and Recycler |   Registered Capacity ( ton per annum) |
|----------|----------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|        1 | Chhattisgarh   |                                              2 |                                 1650   |
|        2 | Gujarat        |                                              7 |                                20849.1 |
|        3 | Haryana        |                                             15 |                                49981   |
|        4 | Karnataka      |                                             52 |                                50318.5 |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh |                                              2 |                                 6585   |
|        6 | Maharashtra    |                                             24 |                                32610   |
|        7 | Odisha         |                                              1 |                                 3000   |
|        8 | Rajasthan      |                                              9 |                                67470   |

| S. No.   | State         |   Number of registered Dismantler and Recycler | Registered Capacity ( ton per annum)   |
|----------|---------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 9.       | Tamil Nadu    |                                             16 | 111931.08                              |
| 10.      | Telangana     |                                              3 | Not available                          |
| 11.      | Uttar Pradesh |                                             16 | 73860                                  |
| 12.      | Uttarakhand   |                                              3 | 28000                                  |
| 13.      | West Bengal   |                                              1 | 600                                    |
|          | Total         |                                            151 | 446855                                 |

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