Govt sets in motion work on city's first e-waste park
Hindustan Times|October 13, 2023
In April 2021, the Delhi government announced that it would set up the country's first electronic waste (e-waste) park. That project has now been set in motion, officials aware of the matter said.
Alok KN Mishra
Govt sets in motion work on city's first e-waste park

Delhi currently generates an estimated 200,000 tonne of e-waste each year, based on Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, but the city does not have a dedicated e-waste park, due to which a majority of the e-waste lands up in landfill sites or garbage bins, or largely ends up in the informal sector where it is dismantled and recycled in violation of environmental safety rules.

The e-waste park, which is set to come up over a 21-acre area in northwest Delhi's Holambi Kalan, will allow this waste to be collected and recycled under one roof, officials said.

"We have hired a consultant, and the consultant has started the work on preparing a detailed project report on the shape and features of the ambitious project.

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