The Hindu Business Line : E-Parisaara to recycle glass from computer monitors

Electronic waste recycling and de-phasing company E-Parisaara Pvt Ltd has identified a glass recycler at Kota, Rajasthan . "Once processed, the glass from computer monitors can be sold to domestic CRT makers, " said Mr P. Parthasarathy, Managing Director, E-Parisaara Pvt Ltd. Till noem the glass, heavy in lead content, was stored at the company's factory near Bangalore as non-recyclable waste.

Estimating an increase in e-waste generation, the company has drafted a two-stage expansion plan. It will invest about Rs 50 lakh in the first phase to process three tonnes a day by December. The second stage will increase the capacity to 10 tonnes a day. "We are in talks with companies abroad for joint ventures to fund the second stage," said Mr Parthasarathy. Presently, the company processes one tonne of e-waste a day. The first phase will add 10,000 sq ft to the existing 10,000 sq ft covered area and the second phase about 20,000 sq ft more.

Owing to demand from CRT makers, the company is fabricating a sophisticated CRT cutting machine that will be integrated with the first phase expansion. This machine is expected to process about 50 monitors a day.

The company expects demand for e-waste recycling to go up over the next two years. "PC growth is at 15 per cent a year and mobile phone purchase is growing at about 30 per cent," said Mr Parthasarathy. On revenue generation, Mr Parthasarathy said it would require about two years for the company to break even while processing two tonnes of e-waste a day. The company is in talks with the Indian Institute of Science to sponsor a project for Lithium recovery. Lithium is a major component in laptops, CPUs and mobile phones.

It is looking at using recyclables to make other products. Presently Epoxy (a by-product of PCB recycling) recovered by the company is being used to coat statues and figurines.

The company recently devised a solution for Coca Cola to shred multi-film laminates used in the packaging to make composite boards (similar to tiles).

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