Lok Sabha Question No. 342 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: E-Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: OM BIRLA, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, SUDHEER GUPTA, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, T. RADHAKRISHNAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 342

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2016

## E-Waste

## 342 SHRI OM BIRLA:

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

- (a) the estimated e-waste generated in the country as on May 2016, State-wise;
- (b) the action taken by the Government against violators of the provisions under e-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011;
- (c) the  details  of  financial  assistance  provided  to  implement  the  Ministry's  'Creation  of Management Structure for Hazardous Substances' scheme; and
- (d) the steps/measures taken by the Government to improve the abysmally low number of e-waste recyclers/dismantlers in the country during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2005, estimated 1.46 lakh ton of ewaste  generation  in  the  country  which  was  expected  to  exceed  8  lakh  ton  by 2012. 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.  No comprehensive  State-wise  inventorization  of  e-waste  generation  in  the  country has been done.
- (b) CPCB has undertaken many steps for enforcement of e-waste (Management and Handling)  Rules,  2011  which  include  general  directions  to  all  State  Pollution Control Boards, directions to producers for compliance of the provisions related to  reduction  of  hazardous  substance  of  the  Rules,  2011,  general  directions  to Ministries in Government of India and Public Sector Undertakings for implementation  of      the  provision  relating  to  the  disposal  of  the  e-waste.  In addition,  directions  have  been  issued  under  Section  5  of  the  Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Delhi Pollution Control Committee and to District Magistrate of Moradabad in UP for immediate closure of all illegal and unauthorized e-Waste recycling units operating in Loni, Behta, Hajipur and Rahul Garden area of Uttar Pradesh; Mandoli and Seemapuri areas of Delhi; and Moradabad in UP, respectively.
- (c) The scheme titled 'Creation of Management Structure for Hazardous Substances' is a Central Sector Scheme being implemented by this Ministry, under which Rs 5.00 crore was allocated during the FY 2015-16 and Rs.4.5 crore is the allocation during current financial year
- (d) The number of registered dismantler/recyclers in the country has increased from 91  to 151  during  last three years.  The  combined  capacity  of  these  151 dismantling /recycling units located in 13 states is 446855 metric ton per annum . However,  the  Ministry  has  comprehensively  revised  e-waste  (Management  & handling) Rules, 2011 and notified e-Waste (Management) Rules in March, 2016 to  ensure better implementation of management of e-waste in the country. The new Rules provide for multiple measures to facilitate setting up of dismantling / recycling facilities for e-waste. These include simplified procedure of authorization which is now on the basis of Standard Operating Procedures (SoP) prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board, responsibility upon State Governments to earmark and allocate space / shed for e-waste dismantling and recycling  facilities  in  the  existing  and  upcoming  industrial  parks,  estate  and industrial clusters, to undertake industrial skill development and putting in place measures  for  safety  and  health  of  the  workers  engaged  in  e-waste  dismantling and recycling facilities. Further, for resource recovery through recycling, Ministry is coordinating with Department of Electronic and Information Technology, which has already undertaken few initiatives such as Research and Development  programmes  for  recycling  technology  for  extraction  of  precious metals,  plastics  and  glass,  up-scaling  innovative  technologies,  demonstrations through pilot plants and technology transfer.

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