East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an agency for effective management and disposal of e-waste.

Mayor of East Delhi Shyam Sundar Agarwal, Standing Committee Chairman Beer Singh Panwar, Commissioner of EDMC, Vikas Anand along with senior officers of the civic body and representatives of the agency were present.

On this occasion, the Mayor said that a list of 21 types of e-waste has been prepared for which the authorised agency can be called for disposal. The Mayor informed that a toll free number 1800-102-9882 has been issued for the disposal of e-waste.

He also said that the employees of the agency will reach the given address and evaluate the e-waste. “The amount of e-waste would be fixed as agreed between the seller and the agency and it would be paid in the bank account itself. The Mayor said that all the information related to the disposal of e-waste is available on the website of the civic body,” he said.Chairman, Standing Committee said that the civic body is facing severe funds crunch but in this project the civic body will not have to make any expenditure  or any payment to the agency for establishing their collection and transportation network having mobile App, collection vehicles, manpower etc.

Beer Singh Panwar informed that EDMC will be getting a fixed royalty of Rs.20,000 per month for the entire period of empanelment of three years.

Commissioner Vikas Anand said that to ensure eco-friendly management of electronic waste, the government has framed e-waste management rules 2016. He said that East Delhi is a hub of e waste recycling and almost all of it is being done in the unorganized sector.