3 e-waste parks to come up to recycle used products

The Delhi government is planning to set up three electronic waste parks in each municipal division for dismantling and recycling used products.

Officials are preparing a plan on how the parks are to be built following directions from the principal scientific advisor to the Centre, and L-G. “The parks will have buildings for dismantling and recycling processes. E-waste recycling was earlier not permitted in Delhi, but the MCDs allowed it recently,” said an official.

The official said the plan involves collecting e-waste from informal sector workers at these three parks, and supplying recycled products to manufacturers from here. The parks are proposed to be spread over spaces of about 20-acre each in areas within north, east and south Delhi.