E-Waste Management | CLEANTOGREEN
                     E-Waste Management
About E-Waste
E-waste or electronic waste refers to old electrical and electronic equipment that have reached the 
end of their life. E-waste contains numerous toxins, which if not disposed in an appropriate manner 
can cause environmental pollution and health hazards. Apart from toxins e-waste also contains 
resources like metals and rare earths which can be recovered and reused. Proper recycling of e-waste 
can help ensure that these resources are extracted from e-waste while the toxins are disposed 
responsibly.
Recycling scenario in India
• E-waste recycling is presently concentrated in the informal (unorganized) 
sector
• No organized collection system prevails
• Operations are mostly illegal
• Processes are highly polluting
• Recycling operations engage in:
• dismantling 
• sale of dismantled parts
• valuable resource recovery 
• export of processed waste for precious metal recovery
Concerns: Informal Recycling 
• High-risk backyard operation
• Non- efficient and Non-environmentally sound 
technologies
• Occupational and environmental hazards 
• Loss of resources due to inefficient processes
• Impacts vulnerable social groups- Women, children and 
mmigrant laborers
e-Waste guidelines
• The guidelines notified in April 2008 - basic guidance document identifying and 
recognizing fundamental principles:
• Producer Responsibility
• RoHS (Restriction on Hazardous Substances)
• Best practices
• Insight into technologies for various levels of recycling 
• The guidelines explicitly mention the need for a separate legislation for implementing 
‘Producer Responsibility’
e-waste Rules
• Responsibility of each element in the e-waste Value Chain:
•  Producers – Extended/Individual Producer  Responsibility
•  Dealers
• Collection agencies/ collection Centers  
• Dismantler
• Recycler
• Consumer and bulk consumers 
• Procedure for Authorization of producers, collection agencies, dismantlers, recyclers and 
enforcement agencies 
• Procedure for registration/renewal of registration of recyclers
• Regulations for import of e-waste  
• Liability of producers, collection agencies, transporter, dismantlers and recyclers  
• Information & Tracking  
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