India among 5th largest producer of e-waste in world: ASSOCHAM-KPMG study
25th May 2016
India has surely emerged as the second
largest mobile market with 1.03 billion subscribers, but also the fifth largest
producer of e-waste in the world, discarding roughly 18.5 lakh metric tonnes of
electronic waste each year with telecom equipment alone accounting for 12 per
cent of the e-waste, according to an ASSOCHAM-KPMG joint study. With more than
100 crore mobile phones in circulation, nearly 25 per cent end up in e-waste
annually, said the study. It is suggested that e-waste collection targets are
implemented in a phased manner with lower and practically achievable target
limits.
The detailed implementation of
procedures for collection of e-waste from the market needs to be followed. The
phased manner for implementation of e-waste collection targets needs to be
introduced. The steps should be taken to rationalize the various audits being
conducted by various authorities, to ensure that same areas are not audited on
a repeated basis. The guidelines should be issued by DoT with respect to
locations of tower and clearance requirements should be adopted across states
to smoothen tower set up process. While releasing the study, Mr P.Balaji,
Chairman, ASSOCHAM National council on Telecommunications &
Director-Regulatory, External Affairs & CSR, Vodafone India said, the
telecommunication Industry is committed to realize the Government Vision of
Digital India. In the last 15 months alone operators have invested over 30% of
the cumulative investment made in 20 years prior.
Over 100 million handsets have been
manufactured last year. A quick resolution on issues that will facilitate ease
of doing business will accelerate achieving the Digital India Vision. ''We are
confident that the Government which has set a fast pace of policy formulation
and execution will support this endeavor'', added Mr. Balaji. The unorganised
sector in India is estimated to handle around 95 per cent of the e-waste produced
in the country. Given the huge user base and vast reach of telecom in India, it
is practically difficult and expensive for the handset manufacturers to achieve
the targets prescribed in the rules from first year. It is suggested that
e-waste collection targets are implemented in a phased manner with lower and
practically achievable target limits. Also, the detailed implementation of
procedures for collection of e-waste from the market needs to be followed.
Source
| http://www.assocham.org/
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