EWaste Management

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E-Waste Management

• Dr. A. Ravindra, I.A.S (Retd)
• Chairman
• Centre for Sustainable Development
• Electronic Waste Agency
• Bangalore

• Centre for Sustainable Development
• 21st Floor, Public Utility Building, M. G. Road,
  Bangalore 560 001
• Ph 6560 3839, Telefax 2532 3020
• Email csdbng_at_yahoo.co.in, Web www.csdindia.in

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E-Waste Agency EWA, Bangalore

• Initially established as a voluntary association
  of manufacturers, Government agencies NGOs in
  Bangalore in 2005PPP
• Registered as a Society in 2007 under Karnataka
  Societies Registration Act, 1960 as a
  non-profit, non-governmental organization to
  promote scientific and sound management of
  Electronic Electrical Waste.
• Supported by the Indo-German Swiss e-Waste
  Initiative, constituted by the Ministry of
  Environment and Forests MoEF, GOI, German
  Technical Cooperation GTZ and Swiss Federal
  Institute for Material Science and Technology
  EMPA

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Objectives of EWA

• Facilitate eco-friendly, financially viable and
  socially acceptable e-waste management
• Promote and safeguard the interests, rights and
  privileges of the concerned industries,
  Government bodies and civil society
• To promote and encourage fellowship and document
  lessons learnt so that it could be replicated
  in other cities

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Membership of EWA

• Open to all Organisations and Individuals
  concerned with management of Waste from
  Electrical and Electronic Equipment viz..,
• Manufacturers, Importers, Traders and Assemblers
  of Electrical and Electronic Equipments
  Accessories
• Consumers i.e. users of IT Communication
  equipments including software development
  companies, BPOs,, government non-govt bodies
• Associations of manufacturers consumers,
  government agencies and NGOs
• Authorised recyclers of e-waste and associations
  of recyclers

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Activities of EWA

• Promote environmentally safe management of
  e-waste that would
• facilitate best repair /refurbishment /recycling
  /disposal options
• influence consumer behaviour towards
  environmentally friendly actions
• support local initiatives
• achieve better product stewardship
• Promote pilot schemes studies
• Promote public awareness

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Achievements/Progress

• Provided Technical Assistance to informal sector
  E-Waste recyclers Association-EWaRDD,
  Bangalore
• Establishment of clean E-Waste collection Cell in
  the Electronics city, Hosur ELCIA
• Household e-waste collection Pilot activity at
  Domlur Municipal Ward, Bangalore
• Study conducted to Identify Informal sector
  operators in Mysore City
• Publication of e-nam newsletter Nov 2007, Jan
  2008, Sept 2008
• An e-Waste awareness campaign organised in
  Bangalore University Environmental Science and
  Electronics faculty and students
• Mangalore e waste assessment (in progress)

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Estimate of E-Waste

• As per GTZ MAIT sponsored study conducted
  recently by IMRB, annual e-waste generated in
  India during 2007 was estimated at 332, 979 MT
  besides about 50, 000 MT entering the country by
  way of Imports
• unprecedented growth of the Indian IT Industry
  during the last decade, and the early product
  obsolescence due to continuous innovation, is
  the cause for e-waste turning into fastest
  growing waste stream
• Stake Holders 1 Manufactures
• 2 Users Consumers
• 3 Recyclers
• 4 Policy Makers.

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E-Waste Challenges

• Rapidly increasing e-waste volumes- generated
  domestically and by imports- accurate figures
  not available
• Low level of awareness- among manufacturers
  consumers of the hazards of incorrect e-waste
  disposal
• Major portion of e-waste processed by the
  informal sector
• Cherry-picking by recyclers-Environmental and
  Health Safety issues
• No specific legislation for E-waste at present,
  Need for Policy and Regulatory framework for
  dealing with e-waste

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Future perspectives

• Having Policy and regulatory Frame work
  Legislation for dealing with E-waste
• Facilitate establishment of collection and
  disposal system for large and small consumers to
  return all their e-waste safely
• Develop EWA as a bridge between Industry,
  Regulatory Authority and Recyclers
• Establishment of a voluntary system for
  manufacturers to take care of their product at
  end of life

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Institutional Support Funding

• EWA looks for resource support from
• Exit Plan Corpus funding from the International
  cooperation ( about 1,00,000 Euros)
• Support from IT industries/ Associations and
  Government (Contributions to corpus funds,
  sponsorship.
• Associated international cooperation projects
• Membership fees from Recyclers etc

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Thank You