The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on November 04, 2024, issued the Guidelines for Determination of Processing Capacity of E-Waste Recycling facility by SPCBs/PCCs.
The processing capacity of an e-waste recycling facility should be determined based on the capacity of the installed plants and machineries per hour (maximum number of hours allowed 20 hours per day). It should have adequate space for the following:
• recycling operations comprising of dismantling (manual or mechanical), shredding, ball milling, separation system (magnetic separator, eddy current/electro static separators, gravity separators), smelting operation, pyro/hydro/electrometallurgy operations/electrowinning and any other operations employed for producing end products (List of Minimum Machineries in E-Waste Recycling facility is attached in Annexure 1)
• raw material storage (E-Waste – Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
• storage for products of recycling
• storage for non-recyclables
• storage for hazardous waste
• pollution control equipment/devices (cyclone, bag house, alkaline scrubber, off gas treatment facility, stack, etc, and ETP)
• operation control area
SPCBs/PCCs should verify the plants & machineries processing capacity and other supporting facilities as above and and then only grant CTO specifying capacity (Tonnes per Annum) based on such verification;
End products of recycling are as below:
• Gold in the form of nuggets
• Copper in the form of shreds or powder or ingots/bars
• Aluminum in the form of shreds or powder or ingots
• Iron in the form of bales or shreds
For more details, kindly refer to the guidelines provided in the document below.
