“The
country’s economic growth,
rise in per capita income, and
technological innovations coupled with high obsolescence rate of electronic and
electrical equipment to increase in the rate of generation of e-waste. Toxic
constituents such as Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent Chromium,
Polybrominated biphenyls and Polybrominated diphenyl ethers are used in the
manufacturing of electronic devices. Disposal of e-waste from such electronic
devices, without processing it in an environmentally sound manner, may affect
the human health and environment including soil and ground water. No
comprehensive inventorization of e-waste generation in the country has been
done. However, the
Central
Pollution Control Board (CPCB), had projected 8.0 lakh tons of
e-waste generation in the year 2010.
In
the country there are 178 dismantling/recycling units with
a capacity of 441085.6 metric tonnes per annum. In
Maharashtra there are 32 dismantling/recycling units with
a capacity of 47810 metric tonnes per annum. The
State-wise
detail of installed recycling/dismantling facilities operating in the country
is given at
annexure-1.
The
Government has comprehensively revised E-waste (Management & Handling)
Rules, 2011, and notified E-Waste (Management) Rules in March, 2016. The
provisions of these Rules include expanded producers’ 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, providing for economic incentives for
collection of electronic waste, 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 based on Standard Operating Procedures (SoP) prescribed 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, and to undertake industrial skill development and
establish measures for safety and health of workers engaged in dismantling and
recycling facilities of e-waste.
Annexure-1
The
State/UT wise details of authorized dismantlers/recyclers are given below:
|
Sl. No.
|
State
|
Number of registered Dismantler
and Recycler
|
Registered Capacity in
tonne per Annum
|
|
1.
|
Chhattisgarh
|
2
|
1650.0
|
|
2.
|
Gujarat
|
12
|
37262.12
|
|
3.
|
Haryana
|
16
|
49981.0
|
|
4.
|
Karnataka
|
57
|
44620.5
|
|
5.
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
3
|
8985.0
|
|
6.
|
Maharashtra
|
32
|
47810.0
|
|
7.
|
Odisha
|
1
|
3000.0
|
|
8.
|
Punjab
|
1
|
150.0
|
|
9.
|
Rajasthan
|
10
|
68670.0
|
|
10.
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
14
|
52427.0
|
|
11.
|
Telangana
|
4
|
11800.0
|
|
12.
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
22
|
86130.0
|
|
13.
|
Uttarakhand
|
3
|
28000.0
|
|
14.
|
West
Bengal
|
1
|
600.0
|
|
|
Total
|
178
|
441085.6
|
This information was given by Minister
of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri
Anil Madhav Dave, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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