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3.0 Recommendations
CHAPTER 3: RECOMMENDATIONS AND TIME LINE
Summary of general and specific recommendations as per earlier analysis are given below.
3.1 General Recommendations
1. Restrict disposal of E-waste to other than formal sector recycler and its further
leakage should be prevented.
2. Monitoring of E-waste inventory covering all the sectors.
3. Prevention of leakage of E-waste from formal sector.
4. Capacity building of the regulatory authorities.
5. Attempts should be made by stakeholders to formulate E-waste definition. This could
be restricted to few E-waste items to start with and lead to further inclusion of other
items.
Timeline: Recommendation 1 should be implemented immediately. Recommendation 5
should be implemented immediately. Recommendations 2, 3 and 4 should be implemented
periodically.
3.2 Steps involved in Implementation of Business Model
1. Government should decide the business model. It should support the E-waste
recyclers as per business model. This also includes provision of land for establishing
such facility.
2. If PPP model needs to be implemented then computation of user fee, establishment
of recycling fund and its management needs to be formulated.
3. Incentives through standalone or a combination of instruments like customs/ other
duty waiver, reduced interest rates and income tax needs to be formulated for
recycling facility.
4. Identification of land for establishing such type of facility.
5. Regulatory clearances from statutory agencies EIA and recycler’s registration.
6. Formulation of bidding documents/ tender papers for PPP model including
prequalification criteria, selection criteria, BOQ and budgetary estimates.
7. Finalization of tenders and selection of private partner.
8. Establishment of facility and trial runs.
9. Commercial operations of the project.
Timeline: Recommendation 1 should be implemented immediately. Recommendations 2, 3
and 4 should be implemented within three months after deciding the business model.
Recommendations 5, 6 and 7 should be implemented within one year. Recommendations 8
and 9 should be completed within two years.
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