{"id":40519,"date":"2022-02-25T11:39:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T06:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/?p=40519"},"modified":"2024-12-16T18:13:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:43:08","slug":"e-waste-management-techniques-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/e-waste-management-techniques-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"An Overview on E-waste Management Techniques in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">As per the CPCB report released in 2020,\nIndia generated around 10 million tonnes of electronic waste in 2019-20. Of\nthis, the report predicted that only 3.6 per cent and 10 per cent were actually\naccumulated in the nation in FY 2018 and 19, respectively. The sharp economic\ngrowth since liberalization and the soaring digital revolution have contributed\nto India&#8217;s massive e-waste generation. For the last two decades, India has\nwitnessed the enormous growth of the electronic sector and a steep rise in\ne-waste generation. &nbsp;This blog aims at\ndiscussing important aspect of e-waste, including E-waste management techniques\nin India. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Page Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/e-waste-management-techniques-in-india\/#Present_condition_of_e-waste_generation_in_India\" >Present condition of e-waste generation in India<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/e-waste-management-techniques-in-india\/#E-Waste_Management_Techniques_in_India\" >E-Waste Management Techniques in India<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/e-waste-management-techniques-in-india\/#Problem_of_E-waste_in_India\" >Problem of E-waste in India<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/e-waste-management-techniques-in-india\/#Opportunities_of_E-Waste_Management_in_India\" >Opportunities of E-Waste Management in India<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/e-waste-management-techniques-in-india\/#Role_of_Governments_City_Administration_and_Citizens_in_e-waste_mitigation\" >Role of Governments, City Administration, and Citizens in e-waste\nmitigation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/e-waste-management-techniques-in-india\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Present_condition_of_e-waste_generation_in_India\"><\/span>Present condition of e-waste generation in India <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>As\nper the World Economic Forum 2018 report, our country ranks at 177 amongst 180\nnations globally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This\nwas credited to the below-par performance at the environment health policy implementation\nand deaths happening owing to air pollution. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additionally,\nIndia is ranked fifth globally as one of the prominent e-waste producing\nnations, only after China, the United States, Japan and Germany.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presently,\nIndia generates around 400,000 tons of electronic waste on a yearly basis,\nwhich is soaring @ of 10 per cent and 15 per cent annually. Seventy per cent of\nwhich primarily comes via business sectors and government agencies. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\nnation formally recycles as low as 2 per cent of overall electronic waste\nproduced yearly. Until 2004, a concrete reverse e-waste supply chain management\nwas not formulated, which might have handled the problem of health &amp; safety\nof the informal recyclers and scrap dealers. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\npinpointed the late response of the GOI&#8217;s lack of policy regulation on\nelectronic waste management &amp; negligence to tap on potential business\nopportunities in an untapped market segment. But, in the year 2016, the MoEFCC\nrolled out updated E-waste (Management) Rules, which came in supersession of\nthe E-waste management in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"E-Waste_Management_Techniques_in_India\"><\/span>E-Waste Management Techniques in India<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following are the common E-waste\nmanagement techniques available in India for the mitigation of e-waste in\nIndia; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Land filling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the most common method of\nelectronic waste disposal. The landfilling process includes the following steps\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Excavation\nof Trenches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burying\ne-waste in pits <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Covering\nsuch pits by layers of earth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Incineration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A controlled combustion process wherein\ne-waste is burned in an incinerator unit around 900 degrees to 10,000 degrees\nCelsius. Incineration helps in converting hazardous substances into lesser\nhazardous compounds\/substances <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recycling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A process of dismantling as in the\ndiscarding of numerous parts of electronic waste containing hazardous substances\nsuch as Printed circuit boards, plastics, discarding of CRT, segregation of\nnon-ferrous, mobile phones, hard drives, fax machines, wires, memory chips can\nbe recycled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presence of lesser quantities of\nheavy metals and hazardous substances such as cadmium, mercury, beryllium, and\nlead poses a considerable risk to human and animal life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Problem_of_E-waste_in_India\"><\/span>Problem of E-waste in India <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the ASSOCHAM&#8217;s study, computer\nequipment solely amounts to around 70 per cent of the overall e-waste\ngenerated, only telecommunication product 12 per cent, electrical item 8 per\ncent and medical item 7 per cent, while the remaining are from households. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike the waste management norms and\ninitiatives aimed at altering the end-user behaviour in Europe and Japan, there\nis a nil enforcement regulatory framework and nearly nil awareness and\ninsufficient occupational safety measures for individuals involved with such\nrecycling processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, it is an utmost requirement\nfor our nation to figure out decisive strategies to practice\nrefurbishing\/recycling e-waste reuse in specialized units while targeting human\nhealth hazards and environmental contamination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opportunities_of_E-Waste_Management_in_India\"><\/span>Opportunities of E-Waste Management in India<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, the MoEFCC formulated and\nreleased the E-Waste (Management) Rules to minimize production and escalate\nrecycling. Accordingly, the GOI shall release EPR with nationwide applicability\nto entrust producers with the responsibility to gather 30 per cent to 70 per\ncent of the electronic waste they produce within seven years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Post such regulation: attempts have been\nmade toward syncing the prevailing informal\/unorganized sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The German Agency GIZ has come up with\noptional business models for autonomous authorization of the informal sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The E-waste Management Rules, 2016, was\nsubjected to amendments in March 2018 to facilitate and deploy an apt\nmanagement system for e-waste handling in India. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Role_of_Governments_City_Administration_and_Citizens_in_e-waste_mitigation\"><\/span>Role of Governments, City Administration, and Citizens in e-waste\nmitigation <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <strong>ASSOCHAM report<\/strong><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ASSOCHAM\"><strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a><\/sup>, the GOI needs to sync with the industry and figure out some standard operating procedures and an organized phased approach while emphasizing the agency at minimizing e-wastes to the lowest possible number. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simultaneously, the GOI should support\nideas adopted by the developed nations for practicing an effective accumulation\nand recycling system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GOI must incentivize businesses in\nthe form of financial aid, tax exemption, technological mentoring for setting\nup -waste recycling and disposal plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To render and calibrate the mutual\ncoordination between the cluttered un-organized recycling sector, the GOI\nshould play a proactive role of mentor and collaborator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concept of <a href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/epr-registration\" title=\"EPR Registration in India\"><strong>EPR<\/strong><\/a> (Extended Producer Responsibility) has been increasingly applied for e-waste management globally because of its earlier manifested success and effectiveness in western nations. Herein, manufacturers\/producers hold liability for e-waste management. State governments, end-users, local bodies, retailers, NGOs, local collection agencies play a pivotal role in accumulating, establishing infrastructure, and conducting awareness programs to make e-waste management a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a citizen of India, we are less\nconcerned and aware of the repercussion of disposing of e-waste in the open air\nand thus barely attempt to segregate them under different categories. The\nburning of e-waste releases various hazardous substances, including furans and\ndioxins, into the open air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like the government of various nations, <a href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/waste-management\" title=\"Waste Management\"><strong>E-waste management<\/strong><\/a> is an imminent obstacle for developing India, and it is rapidly increasing every passing day without any measures. The time has come to sync the formal and informal sectors to strategically collaborate to accumulate, process, and disposal of e-waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competent authorities should leverage and set up methods in managing e-waste processing safely and sustainably. Encouragement to Research and Development facilities via fiscal aid and mentoring should be placed to underpin alternative of present e-waste compounds. E-waste management techniques mentioned above are certainly not productive as far as the comprehensive handling of waste is concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-left\"><b>Read our Article<\/b>:<mark style=\"background: #fffd03 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/epr-target-in-e-waste-management-meaning-significance-and-obligations\/\">EPR Target in E-Waste Management: Meaning, Significance and Obligations\n<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As per the CPCB report released in 2020, India generated around 10 million tonnes of electronic waste in 2019-20. Of this, the report predicted that only 3.6 per cent and 10 per cent were actually accumulated in the nation in FY 2018 and 19, respectively. 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