CII National forum on E-waste- 26 May ‘10

National Forum on Waste

Presentations

1. IMRB- Mr. Sugata Sarkar

2. Ramky- Mr. Hitesh Arora

3. Nokia- Mr Pranshu Singhal

4. DIT- Dr. S. Chatterjee

5. Greenscape- Mr. Faisal Faraz

6. Wipro- Mr. Sundararaman Ramanathan

IMRB- Mr. Sugata Sarkar
Current Status & Challenges of the E-Waste Industry
Presentation at National Forum on E-Waste
Organized by CII & MOEF

26th May, 2010

India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
 Growing E-waste Quantities
Source: IMRB survey

Main sources Of e- E-waste volume in India

waste
(Thousand Tonnes)
500 486
Electronic product 453
434
382 393
Desktop PC 400
Notebooks
300
Servers
200
Printers

UPS 100
6% CAGR growth
TV
0
Mobile phones 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

E-waste recycled Imports Desktops

2% / Servers
Mobile 27%
Available for recycling – phones
between 35% & 38% 1% Noteboo
ks
TV 2%
Actually recycled – between 68%
15% & 20%

E-waste generation at source (2009)

 Heavy Dominance of Unorganized Sector

Stages of e-
waste value Organized: Processes <5% Unorganized: Processes >95%
chain

‡ Direct sourcing from ‡ Small Businesses, Households,

Govt offices
Corporates /
1. Collection ‡ Through Auctions, Second
Manufacturers
hand/repair markets, Mis-
‡ Annual / half yearly contracts declared Imports

‡ Manual with specialized tools ‡ Manual with basic tools

‡ With protective gear like ‡ Done with bare hands,
2. Sorting &
masks, gloves, shoes exposed
Dismantling
‡ Labour trained on safety ‡ Unskilled workers, including
women / children
standards

‡ Processing till pulverization

‡ Recycling by crude methods
/ shredding stage with like open burning, acid baths
simple M/cs – etc.
3. Recycling
Shredders/Crushers ‡ Emissions of toxic chemicals &
or Recovery
‡ Mixture sent to smelting pollutants into air, earth, water
refineries outside India for ‡ Impacts labor; serious
occupational hazards
metal recovery
 Hazards in recycling through Unorganized
Sector
‡ Field investigations in hubs of Delhi,
Mumbai & Kolkata revealed:
„ Environmental & health hazards:
‡ Tin, lead & acid contamination of soil/water Burning of cables for copper extraction
‡ Emission of brominated dioxin, cadmium and mercury
‡ Inhalation of toxic fumes

„ Poor efficiencies in process & metal recovery:

‡ Poor hand tools susceptible to physical injury, low
productivity & high physical stress
‡ Low efficiency in metal recovery
ƒ Precious metals like Selenium, Iridium, Cobalt, Acid Bath of PWBs for copper recovery
Palladium, Ruthenium, Rhodium etc., are not
recovered
ƒ Organized sector recovery range from 70-99% and
over 95% for Gold/Silver/Palladium etc.,

Gold Pin Extraction

 Challenges in Establishing an Organized Sector

‡ Lack of e-waste availability ‡ Economic Challenges

„ Procure only from large „ Material shortage: Not able to
operate at higher capacities leading to
companies: e.g. large ITES
low investment:
companies like TCS, Infosys etc.,
10 T per day primary stage plant
„ Well developed unorganised
Plant Initial Rs.
sector: Investment 105,00,000

‡ Collection/Disposal Capacity utilisation ROI

25% 5%
Challenges
50% 24%
„ Producer responsibilities: Many
75% 43%
brands do not have explicit take
100% 64%
back schemes in India
„ High cost of e-waste: Formal sector
„ Consumer responsibilities: has to pay high amount for sourcing
Current guidelines do not raw materials
explicitly ask large IT users like „ Logistics: Cost of sending e-waste
Corporates and Govt. to dispose abroad for metal recovery
to registered/ organized recyclers „ Cash flow issues: Organized players
paid by smelting refinery after metal
recovery
 Gaps in technology in organized sector

Current Technology Where does India lack –

Status Tech Gap?
‡ Technology at rudimentary level: ‡ Lack of benchmark plant with best
„ Dismantling secondary stage process after

„ Pulverization / hammering dismantling for size reduction &

sorting. Example:
„ Shredding
„ CRT Treatment (Separation of
„ Density Separation using funnels)
Water „ Electromagnetic separation
„ Eddy Current separation etc.,
‡ Most machinery for dismantling,
‡ Clear gap for developing
size reduction & sorting are
appropriate metal recovery
custom built and for key
technology
necessity only.
„ High cost of establishing plant
‡ Existing organized players are (estimated at over Rs. 500
sending material to smelting crores)
refinery abroad for precious „ India loses out on the high
metal extraction value
 Key Issues

Unorganized Sector
‡ Operates with lower efficiency
‡ Using primitive technology
‡ Involve in hazardous practices

Organized Sector
‡ Non-availability of e-waste for
processing
‡ Lower Capacity Utilization
‡ Absence of Secondary stage processing plant
for precious metal extraction
To synergize operations of Organized and Unorganized sectors

Source: http://india.ewasteguide.info/CleanChannels
 Awareness Creation

Increase • 30% of households in top 5% of homes have no awareness of e-

awareness waste. Over 80% have poor disposal habits.
among
Long term actions

consumers
• 94% of businesses have not defined policies on e-waste disposal

Create
awareness • Greater awareness of long term health hazards posed to worker in
of hazards in informal sector needs to be created
Informal sector
 Making Organized Recycling Viable
• Enforce explicit policies by producers & retailers through take back
Enable
organised schemes
Medium term actions

sector to source
E-waste • PPP models for centralised collection centers for e-waste
generated by homes

Encourage • As part of CSR programme or environmental report (in annual

institutional sector
to dispose only to reports) to declare disposal of e-waste inventory by companies &
Organised sector Government departments
Short term actions

Reduce cost • Financial and physical support: Subsidies for land purchase,
of investment
to e-waste provision for soft loans, Tax Holidays/exemptions, Depreciation
entrepreneurs incentives, Land allocation in SEZs or declaring it as infra sector

Technology • Providing technology support to improve secondary processes

Support
to organised • Providing assaying lab support for valuing metal extraction
recyclers • Low cost technology access to metal extraction
THANK YOU
Ramky- Mr. Hitesh Arora
 Greetings

National Forum on E-Waste

Presentation on
Exploring Solutions –
Sharing Best Practices / Successful National &
International Business Models.

By
Mr. Hitesh Arora – AVP , Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd
Ramky E-waste Recycling Facility ,
Plot no. 25 A, Hard Ware Park , Hyderabad – 500 081.
www.ramky.com
 E-waste Scenario – EU v/s India

™ Generation of ewaste as per UNEP - 50 million tons per year

Generation of ewaste as per Greenpeace – 10 million ton per year
¾ E-waste inventory in India expected by 2012 - >8,00,000 tonnes
by 2012 (CPCB)

™ The electronic waste forms 1% of solid waste on an average in

developed countries and is expected to grow to 2% by 2010.
¾ In developing countries like India, the e-Waste ranges between
0.05% to 1% of total solid waste generated

™ At EU the average e-waste generated per capita per year is 21.8

kgs
¾ In India, the average e-waste generated per capita per year is
0.29 kgs
 E-waste and Indian Perspective

™ What is e-waste ??
¾ E-waste comprises of wastes generated from used electronic devices
and household appliances which are not fit for their original intended
use and are destined for recovery, recycling or disposal

™ Present status of E-waste recycling ??

¾ 80 – 85 % of the E-waste is being recycled by Unauthorized recyclers
¾ MAIT-GTZ study reveals that India generates 3,30,000 MT of e-Waste,
while 50,000 MT is being imported, quantity recycle is only 19,000 tons
¾ Recycling capacity of authorized recyclers : 60000 TPA (CPCB)

™ Regulatory aspect
¾ Guidelines for Environmentally sound management of E-waste (CPCB)
¾ Draft E-waste Rules, 2010 (MoEF)
¾ Basel convention
 Extended Producers Responsibility
(Ewaste Rules, 2010)

¾ Generation of Awareness among end-users

¾ Extension the Life period of Electronic items.
¾ Setting up collection centers or take back system, individually or
collectively
¾ Refurbishment or recycling of their products
¾ Submission of annual report/returns
¾ Obtaining of an authorization from SPCB
¾ Maintaining records

RESPONSIBILITY OF DEALTER, REFURBISHER,

DISMANTLER AND RECYCLERS
 Role of Recycler
(Ewaste Rules, 2010)

¾ To obtain all the necessary consents and authorizations required

¾ To recycle the waste collected avoid land filling
¾ To dispose the Hazardous waste generated from E-waste to
TSDF’s.
¾ To maintain and provide recycled e-waste details to Regulator.
¾ To create awareness among the generators of E-waste.
¾ To Ensure that dismantled e-waste are segregated and sent to the
registered recycling facilities for recovery of materials;
¾ Eco – Friendly process with Best Available Technology (BAT)

Ramky’s Ewaste Facility complied with all above

 Where We Are

WEE Scope Draft E-waste Rules, Ramky Ewaste

Directive 2010 by MoEF Recycling Facility
Art 1 : prevention of (WEEE), To enable the recovery Recycling of
Objective and in addition, the and/or reuse of useful Ewaste with >98%
reuse, recycling &other material from Ewaste recovery and
forms of recovery of and reducing the HW disposal of HW at
such wastes so as to destined for disposal TSDF (Ramky
reduce the disposal of and env sound operates)
waste management of
Ewaste
Art 4 : EU-Member States shall RoHS compliance, Ramky only
Product encourage the design longer life recycles Ewaste
design and production of e-
equipment which take
into account and
facilitate dismantling
and recovery
 Where We Are (contd…)

WEE Scope Draft E-waste Rules, Ramky Ewaste

Directive 2010 by MoEF Recycling Facility
Art 5 : systems are set up Extended producers Ramky is joining
Separate allowing final holders responsibility hands with
collection and distributors to producers for
return such e-waste at same
least free of charge.
Art 6 : for the treatment of A specified and BAT Ramky has state-
Treatment WEEE the best for recycling is of-the-art BAT
available treatment mentioned with compliance to
(BAT), recovery and CPCB Ewaste
recycling techniques guidelines
shall be used as per
their individual/group
choice
 Recommendations

¾ Awareness campaigns
¾ Enforcement of regulation
¾ Controlled import with BAT recycling facilities
¾ Funding of compliant Ewaste recycling facility like for TSDF’s
¾ Free land by industrial corporations, PCB’s, State Govts for Ewaste
recycling facility in line with TSDF’s
¾ Regular audit of recycling facilities by regulatory authorities to ensure
zero deviation
¾ Notification of proposed Ewaste Rules, 2010 at earliest
Thanks
Nokia- Mr. Pranshu Singhal
Eco-system for
Sustainable E-waste
Management
Case of mobile phone recycling

Pranshu Singhal
Head, Environmental Affairs
Target
• Support creation of a recycling society
• Build lasting structures/models for Collection &
Recycling
• Needs supporting structures (logistics / pre-handling / recycling and
quality standards as references)

• Phase I – 1 Jan 09 to 15 Feb 09

• Pilot to understand what & how

• Phase II – 15 Sep 09 to End Feb 09

• National roll out

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/Pranshu
 Concept and Set-up

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Model of Ecological Behaviour

Possibilities to Environmental Environmental

act pro- attitudes and knowledge
environmentally values

Pro-environmental behaviour

Incentives for pro- Perceived

environmental consequences of
behaviour behaviour

Source: Fietkau and Kessel (1981)

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Model of Ecological Behaviour

Possibilities to Environmental Environmental

act pro- attitudes and knowledge
environmentally values

Pro-environmental behaviour

Incentives for pro- Perceived

environmental consequences of
behaviour behaviour

Source: Fietkau and Kessel (1981)

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Possibilities to Act Pro-Environmentally

Permanent Take-back Infrastructure

• 1400+ Take-back bins across India

• Care Centers & Priority Dealers

• SMS ‘Green’ to 55555

• Drop phone of any brand

• Reverse logistics (back-end)

• Tie up with a well qualified recycler

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Used - Model of Ecological Behaviour

Possibilities to Environmental Environmental

act pro- attitudes and knowledge
environmentally values

Pro-environmental behaviour

Incentives for pro- Perceived

environmental consequences of
behaviour behaviour

Source: Fietkau and Kessel (1981)

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Incentives for Environmental Behaviour –
For Consumers

- Nokia will plant a tree for every

phone you recycle

- Nokia Music Vouchers – 25 song

download

- Discount voucher for Nokia

Accessories

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Used - Model of Ecological Behaviour

Possibilities to Environmental Environmental

act pro- attitudes and knowledge
environmentally values

Pro-environmental behaviour

Incentives for pro- Perceived

environmental consequences of
behaviour behaviour

Source: Fietkau and Kessel (1981)

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Environmental Knowledge & Perceived
Consequences of Behaviour
Raise Consumer Awareness

• Why recycle

• What is recycling

• How to recycle

• Benefits of Recycling

• Channels

• TV Ads ,Radio, Billboards, Print Ads,

• Engagement Activities in Shopping Malls,

Corporate Offices, Residential Colonies

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Collection
• Pilot Phase I
~ 68,000 pieces of old devices and accessories
• National Roll Out Phase II
~ 400,000 pieces of old devices and accessories

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Thank You!

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Enabler - Policy Framework

Possibilities to Environmental Environmental

act pro- attitudes and knowledge
environmentally values

Pro-environmental behaviour

Incentives for pro- Perceived

environmental consequences of
behaviour behaviour

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DIT- Dr. Sandip Chatterjee
Electronic Waste‐ DIT’s Role

Dr. Sandip Chatterjee

Additional Director
Materials and Components Development Division
Department of Information Technology
6‐C.G.O. Complex, New Delhi‐110 003
sandip@mit.gov.in
 Key Areas Need Immediate Attention

• Western technology may not be appropriate for India

• Environmental sound cost effective technology to be introduced
• Extracting precious metals from PCBs by non‐formal operators
by chemical/ thermal treatment : Needs to be stopped
• Stringent vigilance required to protect:
• Environmental degradation, Soil, Air pollutions, Safety & Health of
the operators
• To provide appropriate alternative to non‐formal sector units
• To establish market driven material flow from NF to formal
sector
• To create transparency in material transfer mechanism
• To create win‐win situation for formal & non‐formal sector, so
that market driven mechanism can work
• Market driven mechanism will help the law makers &
implementers
 STAKE HOLDERS & RESPONSIBILITY: E‐WASTE MANAGEMENT
Issues Stakeholders Status
Awareness, NGOs/ Industry On‐going
Sensitization to Associations / • Substantial progress in educating non‐formal
the consumers, Media recyclers by: GTZ ASEM, SAAHAS, CHINTAN, ARA
non‐formal e‐ Delhi, KKPKP Pune, 4R Associates
waste recyclers • Organizing stakeholders meet, reports etc.:
GTZ/MAIT, ELCINA, Greenpeace, Toxic‐link etc.
Legislations, MoEF/ On‐going
Laws, Guidelines, CPCB/SPCB • Exclusive law on e‐waste is in progress
Monitoring, • Guidelines released in 2008 for environmentally
Implemntns etc. sound management of e‐waste for e‐waste handlers
Technology for DIT, MoC&IT On‐going
environmentally • To develop low cost technology solution at NML, J’pur
sound e‐waste • RoHS testing labs & certification centres at C‐MET, Hyd
• To promote research on environmentally friendly
recycling
electronics materials: e.g. Pb free RuO2 sensors, X‐ray
absorbing glass etc.
• Sensitizing research and scientific communities,
industries, policy makers
Producers Dell, Compaq, On‐going
Responsibility Nokia, HP, • Take back facility
Wipro, TCS, • Recycling mechanism
Infosys etc.
Existing approach of E‐Waste Management in Non‐formal Sector
Activities Environmenta Remarks
lly Sound
Collection Acceptable Collection mechanism
needs appreciation
Segregation Acceptable Needs Training / skill/
tools
Disassembly Acceptable Needs Training / skill/
tools
Monitor, Picture Tube Acceptable Needs special training
dismantling to recover / skill/ tools
the valuable materials
Segregation of Plastics Acceptable Needs Training / skill/
tools
Existing approach of E‐Waste Management in Non‐formal Sector‐cont.

Activities Environmentally Remarks

Sound
Disassembly and segregations Acceptable Needs Training / skill/
of modules, components, tools
such as transformers, motors,
batteries etc.
Selling/ marketing of Acceptable Needs promotion
Recovered Materials, (e.g.
Metal, Plastics & Glass)
repaired components,
modules
Recovery of Precious Metals Polluting •To provide appropriate
from PCBs by acid/ alkali environment, technology
methods/ heat treatment health hazard •To create transparency in
for operators To materials flow to recyclers
be discouraged
 Technology Status in India
Materials Recovered Recycling Technology/ Market Use
Available Solution value
Metals (Cu/ Al/ Fe) Available As per virgin Replacement of virgin
Re‐processors metal metal
Plastics Not Available, Research is
•PVC: Cable, Processor going on to recover the Low • HIPS+PP &PVC: Other
Cover original rigidity, strength components, recycled
•Nylons: SMPS, switch etc. plastics, dustbin, toy,
•high–impact polystyrene • Remolded/ recycled for pen drive, hanger etc.
(HIPS): Cabinet, Key board, further use • As filler in false
key, CD,DVD, Panel) ceiling, road, fuel
•acrylonitrile butadiene
styrene (ABS): Mouse
Glass Available Very Low • Leaded glass not
Re‐processors harmful if land filled
safely
•As culets, utensils/
bangles industry
Populated PCB Not Available Very high Replacement of virgin
•Required specialized value metal
technology
 DIT’s Objectives in Green Electronics & E‐waste Management

• To develop a cost‐effective E‐waste recycling

technology
• To promote awareness among the stakeholders
towards environmental sound E‐waste management
• To promote environmental friendly electronic
manufacturing
• To promote improved design of electronics and
hardware products, removing or reducing hazardous
materials
• Sensitizing the researchers, academicians and policy
makers by publishing Articles, Reports, etc.
Initiatives Taken by DIT so far
 Green Electronics

y Implemented UNDP &DIT program on environment management system for

IT industry during January, 1999‐ March, 2003: A comprehensive document
entitled ‘Environment Management system for IT industry in India’ was
prepared and widely circulated among industries in India. Various
technologies are discussed for improving the hazardous waste management
and reduction in use of hazardous substances in the production line .
y First ever workshop for creating awareness in the field of electronics
environment on ‘Environmental Management in Electronics Industry’
conducted by DIT, UNDP and UNIDO during 9‐10 February, 2001 at New
Delhi
y Technical seminar on ‘Environmental Management in PCB Industry’ was
organized by DIT, UNDP, UNIDO & Indian Printed Circuit Association (IPCA)
in Bangalore.
y Several presentations were made at national and international conferences
conducted by Electronic Components Industries Association (ELCINA),
Electronics Today, IPCA etc.
 Electronics Waste Technology

y Project entitled, “Development of processing technology for recycling and

reuse of electronic waste” is being implemented at National Metallurgical
Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India – (CSIR’s R&D laboratory) since June 2007.
Indigenous technology to be developed to recover metal contents from e‐
waste with a recovery rate of 90%. Process would be free from the
generation of toxic gases and harmful effluents, thereby, reduce the
environmental hazards that are attributed to e‐waste recycling units in
unorganized sector.

y Another project on “Environmentally Sound Methods for Recovery of Metals

from Printed Circuit Boards” initiated recently at the Centre for Materials for
Electronics Technology (C‐MET), Hyderabad (DIT’s R&D) & E‐parisaraa to
develop environmentally sound methods for the segregation; treatment &
recycling of components from PCBs and recovery of metals. Address a
feasible methodology for the classification of the various components based
on their metal contents from PCBs and connectors. Environmentally sound
methods for the depopulation, segregation and treatment of components
and a recovery method for metals from segregated components and de‐
populated PCBs.
 Testing and Certification for RoHS Substance

y European Commission has restricted (Directives No. 2002/95/EC and No.

2002/96/EC, dated 27.02.2003) the import of electronic goods, manufactured
using hazardous substances (RoHS) such as lead, cadmium, mercury,
hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyles, polybromonated
diphenyl ethers exceeding certain level. Indian electronic manufacturers are
affected due to this restriction.
y DIT has, therefore, created a NABL accredited facility at CMET, Hyderabad for
testing and certifying the hazardous raw materials used for manufacturing
electronic components.
y Only Government of India Initiatives. Important Facilities available are:
y INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA‐ MASS SPECTROMETER (ICP‐MS)
y ION CHROMATOGRAPHY ( IC):
y GAS CHROMATOGRAPH –MASS SPECTROMETER : (GC‐MS)
y ENERGY DISPERSIVE X‐RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER (EDXRF)
y UV‐VIS spectrophotometer

More Details: http://www.cmet.gov.in/htmldocs/RoHS‐Brocher.pdf

 R&D on Design Improvement

Some of the important initiatives are:

y Project on “Development of Lead free thick film thermal sensors
using RuO2 based nano‐sized complex materials” implemented
at C‐MET, Pune (DIT’s R&D lab.) to develop environment
friendly alternative lead free thick film sensor for fabrication of
thermal sensors.
y Project on “Development of Lead Free X‐ray absorbing coating
materials for CRT TV” implemented at C‐MET, Pune (DIT’s R&D
lab.) to develop environment friendly alternative materials,
phospho‐silicate glass composite/ phosphate composite to
replace hazardous lead contain in CRT glass shell. The potential
X‐ray absorbing coating materials is being explored to use in
medical apron used by doctors.
 Financial Support for Workshop, Seminar

Important initiatives in 2009‐ 2010 are:

y “National Seminar on Electronics waste”, is jointly being organized by NML,
Jamshedpur and DIT on 21‐22, Jan’ 2010 at NML to sensitize the stakeholders
about the problem and to evolve a strategy of technological solution of the
e‐waste recycling by environmental friendly, cost effective, zero‐landfill
approach.
y Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Science, New Delhi organized a “National
seminar on Management of Waste from Electronics and Renewable
Energies” on 29.01.10 to overcome the limited awareness towards the
community of student and academicians regarding e‐waste disposal methods
generated from Electronics and Renewable Energies resources.
y IDC Foundation New Delhi organized a “National conference on
Management of water, air noise solid waste” on Nov. 6‐7, 2009 to create
awareness diversified group of stakeholders.
 Talks, Publications, Patents
Review Articles
y National Scenario of Electronics Waste in India, Dr. S. Chatterjee, DIT,
IPAG, Vol. 36, No. 3‐4, Pages 63‐75, Dec.08‐Jan09
y Holistic Approach to e‐waste management in India, Dr. S. Chatterjee &
Dr. Krishna Kumar, Special Article, Electronics Today, p47‐52, June’09
y Outsourced model of electronics waste management and recycling,
Proceeding of National Seminar on Electronics Waste, Dr. S. Chatterjee &
Dr. Krishna Kumar, NASEW, 21‐22, January 2010, NML, Jamshedpur
y Effective Electronic Waste Management and Recycling Process involving
Formal and Non‐formal Sectors, Dr. S. Chatterjee & Dr. Krishna Kumar,
International Journal of Physical Sciences Vol. 4 (13), pp. 893–905,
December 2009, ISSN 1992‐1950 © 2009 Academic Journals
y Self Sustained Model of Electronic Waste Management and Recycling,
Electronics Information & Planning‐ Journal Devoted to Techno‐Socio‐
Economic of Electronics Usages and Industry, Department Information
Technology, IPAG, Vol. 37, No. 3‐4, Pages 57‐69, Dec.‐Jan. 2010
 Talks, Publications, Patents‐cont.
Invited Talk
y “National scenario of electronics waste in India” at the
7th International Electronics Recycling Congress held in
Salzburg, Austria during 16‐18 January 2008
News Article
y “E‐waste regulations: calls for stronger enforcement”, by
Gert‐Jan van der Have, Electronics Recycling
International, Pages 28‐35, No.2, March 2008
US Patent
y “A method to manage and process electronic waste for
recovering valuable materials”, filled US patent,
application no. 2069/Del/2009 dt. 01.10.2009
 R&D Road Map for India

y Indigenous, cost effective e‐waste recycling technologies for

better recoveries involving non‐formal Sector
y Development of environmental friendly recycling technologies
for metal, plastic and glass
y Development of environmental friendly designs such As :
y Development of Li‐ion Batteries to Replace Ni‐Cd Batteries
y Development of Pb free Solder
y Lead Free X‐Ray absorbing Material
y To promote Environmental friendly Technologies: Flat Panel
Display, Organic electronics etc.
y Promotion of Green Electronic Manufacturing in India
y Testing Infrastructure for ROHS compliance
 R&D Road Map for India‐ cont.
y Promote R&D to improve design in electronic hardware such as
the use of smaller and energy efficient components (SMD) and
materials so that better electronics products & functionality:
generate less hazardous waste.
y E.g: Lead – Tin solders largely replaced by Lead Free Solders
y Newer devices such as LCD/OLED/PDP displays have replaced
CRTs (leaded glass). CRT will be replaced by flat panel
y Ni‐Cd battery are replaced with more environment friendly Li‐
Ion battery for most portable applications in electronic
equipments
y Miniaturization of components, embedded systems, nano‐
materials will replace/ reduce the hazardous materials in
components
 Conclusion
y E‐waste recycling is getting non‐viable in developed countries due to
decreasing % of precious metals (improved design/miniaturization, high
labour cost
y Outsourced model will be effective: Developing country may process the
ewaste till PCB
y PCB processing can be done by efficient techniques at developed countries till
the appropriate technology available locally
y Non‐formal or semi‐formal units in developing countries can handle waste
safely till the PCB segregation level with out doing much damage to the
environment.
y India presently needs to adopt the semi‐formal recycling technology
y India can afford to operate labour intensive technology
y Non‐formal or semi‐formal units in developing countries can handle waste
safely till the PCB segregation level with out damaging to the environment.
 Conclusion‐cont.
y Transparency in the materials transfer system and proper remunerative price
will allow regular flow of material from non‐formal to formal units.
y Non‐formal units will stop the extracting precious metal from PCB.
Environment will be protected. Employment generated by them will remain.
y Developing country do not have technology to recover value metal such Ta,
Pd, Pt, Sr, In etc., specially those are present in ppm level.
y Efficient technology can recover the metal even in trace level. Metal/
materials recovery yield will drastically improve.
y Present e‐waste inventory in India: 3, 30, 000, 000 Kg(MAIT).
y 3,13,500 000 Kg (95%) of e‐waste can easily be managed by the non‐formal
sector without polluting the environment.
y The rest 16,500 000 Kg (5% by weight). PCBs needs appropriate technology
y Present PCB volume may not be attractive for expertise international
recyclers to operate in India
Thank You
Greenscape- Mr. Faisal Faraz
Safe, Reliable and Eco-friendly Disposal of Electronic Waste
ƒ E-waste: Definition and Associated Risks
ƒ About Greenscape Eco Management (GEM)
ƒ Eco-Friendly Recycling Process
ƒ Data Security
ƒ Precious Metal Recovery
ƒ New Facility – Services, Timelines, Equipment and
Systems
 Introduction to E-waste

Household Any broken or unwanted electrical or

electronic equipment is called e-waste.
Appliances
It is an issue of concern considering
that many components of such
ICT Equipment equipment are considered toxic and
are not biodegradable

Consumer
Electronics

Lighting
Equipment

Medical &
Control Equipment
E-Waste - Growing Concern
ƒ Rapid advancements in technology and high rate of
technology obsolescence.
ƒ Limited storage and warehousing facilities due to lack
of space and soaring real-estate prices.
ƒ Data Security.
ƒ Hazardous techniques used by the unorganized sector
dealing in e-waste management.
ƒ Soaking of Circuit Boards in open acid bath next to
open drains.
ƒ Mercury & Cyanide amalgams to extract gold and
other precious metals.
ƒ Breaking & re-gunning of toxic lead laden and
CRTs.
 ABOUT US
ƒ Incepted in 2007.
ƒ ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 Certified.
ƒ Approved by Central Pollution Control Board, MoEF, Govt of
India.
ƒ Approved Export Oriented Unit by the Govt. of India.
ƒ Chairing the e-waste initiative of NASSCOM & TEMA.
ƒ Working with world's finest precious metal recovery facility
- Umicore, Belgium and Technical expertise from SOFIES
group Switzerland.
ƒ Works with industry bodies and NGOs to spread awareness.
ƒ Working with reputed companies like Max India Group, HCL,
American Embassy, New Holland, FIAT, e-businessware and
many others.
 E-Waste – Our Process Flow

Incoming E-waste – Incoming inventory updated

Weighing & Testing – Manual testing, separation

Testing and Repair– Inventory Updated Scrap – Inventory Updated

Waste from this step goes back to scrap

Segregation & Dismantling

Reuse via Charities & NGOs
Updated to segregated inventory register

Plastic PCB Residual

Metal
waste

Govt Authorized Granules

Metal Smelters TSDF

Exported for
Metal recovery

Manufacturers
 Data Destruction

ƒ GEM treats clients data with utmost priority.

ƒ Ensures that data will never be compromised.

ƒ Data is destroyed at GEM or the client’s premises prior

to collection.

ƒ Destruction of data storage devices to United States

Department of Defense standards.

ƒ Certificate of safe disposal issued to clients once the

devices have been disposed off.
 Awareness

ƒ Dedicated media wing to highlight your initiative.

ƒ Participation in industry events.

ƒ Coverage through relevant media.

ƒ Highlight via several industry related publications done

by GEM.

ƒ Assistance in building and implementing awareness and

e-waste collection campaigns.
 Social Responsibility
ƒ GEM promotes rural communities through providing
them with employment and training opportunities.

ƒ Local graduates are hired for skilled tasks at our

Alwar facility.

ƒ Unskilled labour is also hired from the local

community .

ƒ On the job training on e-waste handling & segregation

is provided to all staff.

ƒ GEM promotes employment of women in rural

communities through hiring women for several roles
at the facility.

ƒ We promote NGOs that provide alternate employment

opportunities to those employed in the un-organized
e-waste management sector.
 New GEM Facility - Services
ƒ Upcoming integrated reverse logistics e-waste
facility spread over 2 acres in MIA, Alwar

ƒ New facility to provide enhanced capacity as well as

ƒ CFL recycling and mercury distillation
 New Facility – Systems
The system would take care of the
following:

ƒ Logistics
ƒ Warehouse management system
ƒ Inventory management
ƒ Handles product, parts or materials
ƒ Serialised inventory, count or
weight
ƒ Dispatch and fleet management
ƒ Shipping and receiving
ƒ Custom relationship manager
ƒ Financial transaction tracking
ƒ Downstream transparency
ƒ Certificates of destruction
ƒ Government forms and reporting
 Benefits – GEM’s Approach
ƒ Minimal processing and handling cost

ƒ Utilization of installed capacity elsewhere

ƒ Emphasis on collection of e-waste and partnering with

generators of e-waste

ƒ Ability to assist companies with custom bonded

equipment

ƒ Rural development

ƒ Minimal burden on the environment

Thank You

Greenscape Eco Management

512, Elegance Tower
Jasola District Center
New Delhi
011-40515662
info@greenscape-eco.com
Wipro- Mr. Sundararaman
Ramanathan
Wipro Green Programs

Sundararaman Ramanathan
Wipro Limited
Sundararaman.ramanathan@wipro.com
 The 5 Pillars of Commitment

PRODUCT CHEMICALS ENERGY E-WASTE CUSTOMER

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY MANAGEMENT AWARENESS

Protos, Multi- 100% RoHS 30% Energy Star 17 e-waste Regular

Computing PC, compliant within product collection centers communication
eVolv – ultra low (Restriction of range. across India programs
footprint, Hazardous Wipro actively This service is Field touch points
Green Computing Substances supports Kyoto rendered free of Dedicated website
servers, Ego – directive) Protocol and the cost to all – www.
100% Energy Star phased out Indian customers of wiprogreentech.
and RoHS another 21 toxic Government’s Wipro com
compliant mobility chemicals . stand on curbing
range Phase out of PVC GHG emissions.
and BFRs
e‐Waste Challenges
• “e‐Waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the world
”
• It poses great hazards to environment and human race
• India generated 146K Tons of e‐Waste in the year 2005

• “India is @ 3percent of global electronic production”

• This is slated to be 14 percent by 2015

• “ Re‐cycling capacity and regulation is incomplete”

• Majority of recyling happening in clandestine,
unhealthy and unorganized sector
Challenges & Solution

Wipro offers Green IT consulting services

Wipro Re-uses & recycles e-waste responsibly
Wipro helps customers on eWaste handling
http://wiprocorporate.com/ecoeye/

Wipro is committed to Green IT-

Wipro launched a comprehensive Green Program
http://www.wipro.com/greenit/index.htm
 Mile stones‐ achieved
• Created Intrest and
awareness

Sharing success in Green

Journey with customers

•Covered more than 800

Locations from existing 17
locations of Wipro

• Amount of take back moved

from 3 tons to 7 tons a month

• Sharing the achievement

and contribution with internal
•External customers

•-
Collection centres.

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e-Waste management system which is complimentary when you buy Wipro products
Help you achieve power and performance efficiency in your Datacenter on Wipro NetPower
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Share our experience and journey in driving energy efficiency
Get in touch with us for your Green Computing needs

Write to us at green.helpline@wipro.com or visit us at www.wipro.in/Products/greenpc/index.htm

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