ASSOCHAM-NEC Study is a study on “Electricals & Electronics Manufacturing in India”. It has revealed that India recycles only 5% of its e-waste and the country is one of the biggest contributors of e-waste in the world.

• India generates around 2 million tonnes per annum of E-Waste.
• The telecom sector alone constitutes 12% of the total E-Waste.
• The top E-waste producing countries are India, China, US, Japan and Germany.
• As far as states are considered, the largest E-Waste producers are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Moore’s Law belived to be responsible for generation of E-Waste in the country.

• As per Moore’s law, the transistor numbers to be accommodated in same size chip double every two years, and due to this most electronic systems get outdated in about three years.
• People upgrade their mobiles, laptops, cameras, televisions etc. creating a large amount of useless e-waste.