India’s First E-Waste Park To Be Built In Delhi’s Holambi Kalan, Global Tender To Launch Soon

Delhi is set to become home to India’s first state-of-the-art e-waste eco park, with the project taking shape in Holambi Kalan, Times of India reported.

Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced that a global tender will soon be floated by DSIIDC, the nodal agency, to attract “the world’s best green technology partners to build this benchmark project", according to the ToI report.

Spanning 11.4 acres, the eco park will be built under a design, build, finance, operate, and transfer (DBFOT) model on a public-private partnership basis, with a 15 year concession period.

It is designed to process up to 51,000 metric tonnes of e-waste annually, covering all 106 categories listed under the E-Waste Management Rules 2022, and is projected to generate over Rs 350 crore in revenue.

The construction work is expected to be completed within 18 months, Sirsa stated during a recent review meeting.

Once operational, the facility is expected to manage 25 per cent of Delhi’s e-waste output within five years.

India is currently the third-largest e-waste generator globally, producing over 1.6 million metric tonnes each year with a 23 per cent annual growth rate. Delhi contributes nearly 9.5 per cent to this total.

Despite the mounting volumes, only 17.4 per cent of global e-waste is currently recycled, leading to a loss of valuable metals like lithium, copper, and rare earth elements, worth an estimated $57 billion.

The park will include dedicated zones for dismantling, refurbishing, component testing, plastic recovery, and a second-hand electronics market.

It will also house skilling centres to train thousands of informal workers currently operating in unsafe conditions.

“This project will generate more than a thousand green jobs,” said Sirsa.

“By bringing informal recyclers into the formal system, we're not just improving their livelihoods — we're also making the entire ecosystem cleaner, safer and technologically competent," he said.

He added, “The era of irresponsible dumping is over.”

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