Bengaluru still waiting for the e-waste recycling plant

  • Over a year after it was promised to be ready, the first-ever govt.-run electronic waste recycling plant is not ready yet. 
     
  • The announcement for such a facility was made by the late central minister Anant Kumar in July 2018. 
     
  • Bengaluru, being the IT capital of India, was chosen to be the home for such a facility. 
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  • The minister had then said the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers will make it run within four months.
     
  • Karnataka State Pollution Control Board confirmed that the institute didn’t apply for the licenses, which is essential to start such a facility.
 

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