SUSTAINABLE ELV RECYCLING
FOR INDIAN SCENARIOBY
P. PARTHASARATHY PH.D
E-Parisaraa Pvt LtdPlot No. 30 – P3, KIADB, Dobaspet Indl. Area,
Bangalore Rural Dist. – 562 111
website :www.ewasteindia.com; email: [email protected]
8TH INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE ON
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING 2014, KUSHIRO, JAPAN
1st Oct - 4th Oct 2014
2.7 million MT/Annum
Total E-Waste* estimate may exceed
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*Toxics Link report
E-PARISARAA - INFRASTRUCTURE
Land area 1.5 acre
Carpet area 60,000 sq ft in multi levcl
Open area 60,000 sq ft
Current capacity 10 T/d in One Shift
Full scale 30 T/d
Initial investmentRs. 5.00 Cr (800
Thousand.USD)
Power consumption 66 HP (49 kW)
Water consumption 1500 l/d
Man Power
Total – 180 personnel
Dobaspet – 100
Unit - 2 – 40
Collection Centers - 40
Recycling operations since Sep. 2005
Collection Centers at Peenya - Bangalore,
Biwandi – Mumbai, Gurgaon – New Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai
Pan India collection through approved logistic providers
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Environmental Soft loan funded by KFW – SIDBI after audit our facility - 2005
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SOME OF OUR ESTEEMED CUSTOMERS
• B2B Operations
• Environmental Health and Safety audits are done by the
customers
and their counter parts from abroad
• Agreement will be signed
• We do not handle illegally imported wastes
E-WASTE CHARACTERIZATION
E-Waste materials for recycling in
E-Parisaraa
Equipment category% Composition
(by weight)
Computer equipments 75
Telecommunication
equipments13
Entertainment
equipments3
Electrical equipments 4
Medical equipments 4
Other equipments
includes House hold
E-Waste
1
Materials recovered from E-Waste
in E-Parisaraa
Material% Composition
(by weight)
Mild steel 23
Stainless steel 8
Glass 27
Plastics 27
Copper 3
Aluminium 3
Other materials 8
Hazardous materials 1
E-Waste also contains precious metals
like gold, silver, palladium, platinum etc.
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METALS RECOVERY
Metals are mainly obtained from Equipment Casings, Chassis & Sub assemblies
like Hard Disks, Floppy drive, CD drives, SMPS etc.
Metals are also recovered from Circuit Board, Printed Wire Board.
In E-Parisaraa, recycling makes product becomes the raw material.
Metals can be recycled infinitely and also recycling of metals improves the
purity of the metal.
Product Waste to Raw material
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DISMANTLING OF E-WASTE @ E-PARISARAA
A View of Cable Shredding and Separation
Cable Stripping Machine
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RECYCLING OF WIRES AND CABLES
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DEDICATED SHREDDING LINE FOR CIRCUIT BOARDS
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REFRIGERATORS AND AIR CONDITIONERS
RECYCLING CFC COLLECTION SYSTEM
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•The gold coated components are dipped into proprietary solutions using simple
fixtures such as perforated plastic baskets.
•The basket with the gold coated components are suspended into the solution for a
few minutes till the entire gold coating is selectively stripped off by dissolving
into the solution in such a way that the under coatings mainly Nickel are totally
unaffected.
APPARENT GOLD RECOVERY BY E-PARISARAA
Selective Recovery of Gold from Segregated Gold Plated E-Waste using
Selective Aqueous Strippers for Apparent gold plated areas only.
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APPARENT GOLD AND SILVER RECOVERY
The recovered gold and silver are used for plating of watch, pen parts and temple items by
E-Parisaraa’s parent company SURFACE CHEM FINISHERS
Apparent gold and silver are recovered from components shown in below pictures
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ION GOLD COATING EQUIPMENT
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PLASTIC RECYCLING FLOW CHART
Scrap Plastics
(Mixed)
Segregation
Shredding
Cleaning
Centrifugal Drying
Solar drying Mixer
Dye
Screw Barrel
2000C - 2220C
Quenching
Granules
Packing
Extruder
ABS: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
HIP: High Impact Polystyrene,
PC: Poly Carbonate
PE: Poly Ethylene
PP: Poly Propylene…….
Product Waste to Raw Material
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COMPONENTS MADE OUT OF RECYCLED
E-WASTE PLASTICS
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RECYCLING OF CRT GLASSGLASS CULLETS ARE RECYCLED INTO ANOTHER CRT
BY M/S. VIDEOCON, BHARUCH
CRADLE TO CRADLE CLOSED LOOP RECYCLING
Glass frit
(Pb 80- 85
%)
Funnel Glass
(Pb 12-16 %)
Front Glass
(Pb 4 -6%)
CRT cutting is done
both by
1. Hot wire method
2. Diamond Saw
method
Both the methods are
built in-house
3. The metal parts like
shadow masks are
taken for down
stream material
recovery
CRT Recycling is of Negative Economic value but we recycle and avoid landfill
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NHK NEWS BASED ON THEIR CORRESPONDENT
MR. TSUYOSHI KONARI SAN FILMING
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RESEARCH WITH EHIME UNIVERSITY, JAPAN
Environment and Health effects monitoring
Air Sampling
Soil Sampling:
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EMPLOYEES HEALTH MONITORING AT E-PARISARAA
BY EHIME UNIVERSITY, JAPAN
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Collaboration beyond Territory continued for the last three years
With Ehime University Japan
Discussing the progress of research related to environmental issues
Dr. Sinshuke Tanabe and his team of Ehime University Japan
at E-Parisaraa, Bangalore, 19-9-2014
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International Publications with Ehime University
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Recycling today’s Article on E-Parisaraa’s efforts
VISIT TO M/S. PANASONIC AND HIRAKIN RECYCLERS
DURING THE YEAR 2010
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By combining the blast furnace with the precious metals recovery process, Mitsui
Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. Takehara, HIROSHIMA is notable for the high rate
at which it is able to reclaim precious metals. It also has facilities for the recovery
of other metals such as tin and antimony and is able to recover metals from low-
grade materials that contain impurities which is difficult for other companies to
process.
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd., Takehara Refinery
1-5-1 Shio Machi, Takehara-shi, Hiroshima, 725-0025
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VISIT TO MITSUI, JAPAN
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CERTIFICATIONS OF INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IMS)
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Frost & Sullivan Excellence Award for the “Best
Entrepreneurial Company “of the year 2009 in the Waste
Management Services Vertical.
Innovative MSME Project Award by Honourable Union
Minister Padma Vibhushan Shri Pranab Mukherjee by SIDBI
“Certificate of Commendation for Significant Achievement”
among the Micro Business Organizations for the year 2010,
CII-ITC SUSTAINABILITY AWARD.
Technovation Awards 2011by India Semi Conductor
Association (ISA) for “Start-up to Watch” - 2011 , Bangalore.
“Glory Of India Award” and Certificate of Excellence in
Friendship Banquet in Bangkok- 2011.
“Excellent Initiative towards E-Waste Management for the
Year 2011” by Federation of Indian Export Organizations
under Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Government of
India “FIEO Telecom Technology Awards 2011” New Delhi.
National Award - 2010 Outstanding entrepreneurship - First
Prize by The Ministry of MSME, from Her Excellency, The
President Of India, Dr. Mrs. Pratiba Devisingh Patel on 2nd
Sep 2011 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. .
ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
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*DATA from Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations, Jun2011
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VEHICLE STRENGTH AND GROWTH IN BANGALORE
Article appeared in Deccan Herald, 30th March 2014
ELV IN INDIA INVENTORIZATION
India today has over 102 million (mn) registered vehicles on road *
Two-wheeler segment forming close to 73% , Passenger vehicles 14%
20 mn vehicles with age more than 15 years on roads
Two-wheelers (14 mn), Passenger Vehicles (2.5 mn).
20% of registered vehicles as on 2010 is more than 15 yrs old
(registered on or before 1996).
Over one-third of commercial vehicles, (Goods & passenger), are past their product life
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15 years old and polluting, an article appeared in
Deccan Herald, 3rd April 2014
THE CURRENT SCENARIO, Bangalore
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No organized private facility in the country
Random, haphazard, unlicensed scrapping
No control or records of disposal of
hazardous materials
Unethical, Illegal Markets for reconditioned
poor quality spares
Melting and re-use causing extensive and
lethal Air, Land & Water Pollution
Dangers of using products that may not be
fit enough
SOLUTIONS FOR E-WASTE
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – 3R Concepts
Incineration, Co-processing in Cement Kiln, Land fill in TSDF etc., are last option
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