MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)
(a) Comprehensive inventorisation of e-waste generation in the country has not been done. However, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2005 estimated 1.47 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 Global E-waste Monitor 2017 Report of United Nations University the annual generation of e-waste in India was 2 million metric tons in 2016.
(b) and (c) As per the information available with Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), 304 dismantlers and recyclers have been granted authorization by 18 State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs). These authorized dismantlers and recyclers are having equipment and facilities for environmentally sound processing of e-waste, the cumulative annual processing capacity of these units are 7,80,865 MT. State-wise detail of installed recycling/dismantling facilities operating in the country is as given below:
Sl. No. State Number of Authorized Dismantler/Recycler State Wise Capacity (MTPA)
1. Andhra Pradesh 01 480
2. Chhattisgarh 01 730
3. Gujarat 16 49,053
4. Goa 01 --
5. Haryana 26 82,734
6. Himachal Pradesh 01 1,000
7. Jammu & Kashmir 01 165
8. Karnataka 71 52,722
9. Maharashtra 66 85,180
10. Madhya Pradesh 02 6,000
11. Orissa 03 3,680
12. Punjab 03 4,850
13. Rajasthan 26 90,769
14. Tamil Nadu 24 97,271
15. Telangana 11 41,493
16. Uttar Pradesh 41 2,43,628
17. Uttarakhand 04 19,250
18. West Bengal 03 1,860
301 7,80,865
(d) The Maharashtra SPCB has issued directions to 9 dismantlers/recycler and also issued closure notice to one unit for non-provision of air pollution control system. The Haryana SPCB has issued show cause notice to two non-compliant units.
(e) The Ministry has notified E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 on 23rd March, 2016 and has further made amendments in March, 2018 for its effective implementation. The provisions of these Rules include extended producer responsibility, setting up of producer responsibility organizations and e-waste exchange to facilitate collection and recycling, assigning specific responsibility to bulk consumers of electronic products for safe disposal and other measures which include responsibility of producers of electronic and electrical products for collection and channelizing of electronic waste. The Rules provide for simplified permission process for setting up of dismantling and recycling facilities through single authorization by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). State Governments have been entrusted with the responsibility for earmarking industrial space for e-waste dismantling and recycling facilities, to undertake industrial skill development and establish measures for protection of health and safety of workers engaged in dismantling and recycling facilities of e-waste. As per provisions of the Rules various stakeholders viz. bulk consumers, manufactures, producers, refurbishers, dismantler, recyclers have to maintain records of e-waste generated, collected or disposed by them and file annual returns to the concerned State Pollution Control Board (SPCBs)/ Pollution Control Committee (PCCs). The SPCBs/PCCs have to submit annual report to CPCB.
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