The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that 17 States and Union Territories, including Delhi, do not have electronic or e-waste recycling facilities. The national capital also does not maintain records on the interstate transportation of e-waste. However, the CPCB noted that the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) is among the seven State pollution bodies that have completed e-waste inventorisation covering all 106 categories of electrical and electronic Equipment (EEE) under the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022.
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A Bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member A. Senthil Vel was hearing the matter regarding e-waste management across States and UTs. The tribunal had earlier sought an action-taken report from the CPCB.
In its order dated February 12, the Bench noted the CPCB had received responses from all States and Union Territories, except Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand. It noted that 17 States/UTs, including Delhi, lacked e-waste recycling facilities.
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