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Parliament Question: – E-waste processing management

Parliament Question: – E-waste processing management

Ministry has comprehensively revised the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 and notified the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 in November, 2022 and the same is in force since 1st April, 2023. The state wise numbers of registered recyclers since the implementation of the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 is given below:

 

States

Registered Recycler

Registered Recycler

Financial Year 2023-2024

Financial Year 2024-2025

Andhra Pradesh

4

5

Assam

1

Bihar

1

2

Chhattisgarh

2

2

Gujarat

37

41

Haryana

28

43

Himachal Pradesh

1

4

Jharkhand

1

3

Karnataka

41

57

Kerala

1

2

Madhya Pradesh

6

10

Maharashtra

50

75

Punjab

4

7

Rajasthan

8

14

Tamil Nadu

8

18

Telangana

14

19

Uttar Pradesh

74

125

Uttarakhand

5

7

West Bengal

6

11

 

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) estimates the e-waste generation at national level based on the countrywide sales data provided by the registered producers, and average life of notified electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), as mandated under the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022. As per the CPCB, e-waste generated and percentage of e-waste collected, dismantled and recycled / disposed in the country during the FY 2023-24 and 2024-25 is given below:

 

Financial Year (FY)

Total e-waste generated

[Metric Ton (MT)]

Percentage (%) of e-waste waste collected, dismantled and recycled / disposed

2023-2024

12,54,286.55

61.94

2024-2025

13,97,955.59

70.71

 

The registered e-waste Recyclers are presently located in 19 States. Further, based on the annual reports received from these registered e-waste recyclers, the state-wise details of e-waste processed is as below:

 

S. No.

States

Quantity of E-Waste processed (MT)

 

 

 

FY 2023-2024

FY 2024-2025

Andhra Pradesh

768.715

148.969

Assam

Bihar

6.00

Chhattisgarh

7370.845

3500.917

Gujarat

95776.688

76879.919

Haryana

110061.696

149653.641

Himachal Pradesh

159.679

169.271

Jharkhand

129.1435

Karnataka

20910.603

16151.766

Kerala

5242.860

10079.632

Madhya Pradesh

5914.660

13014.042

Maharashtra

40664.231

52597.803

Punjab

65.493

2972.086

Rajasthan

24279.505

21345.480

Tamil Nadu

23203.636

16360.815

Telangana

65226.787

119187.979

Uttar Pradesh

236727.041

388160.231

Uttarakhand

134255.106

113562.255

West Bengal

6302.319

4559.529

 

Under the E-waste Management Rules, 2022, there is no provision for allocation of funds for the manufacturing and maintenance of these processing units.

This information was provided by UNION MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE, SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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