Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Parliament Question: - E-waste processing management
Posted On:
24 JUL 2025 5:48PM by PIB Delhi
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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