E-Waste Recycling Data Tables
The E-Waste Recycling data tables library brings together 42 structured reference tables for the E-waste business — feedstock properties, equipment specs, product yields, cost breakdowns, and regulatory checklists. E-waste — collection, dismantling, PCB processing, precious-metal recovery, and EPR compliance terms. Use each table to size a plant, brief vendors, or sense-check the numbers on an opportunity you're evaluating. Open any table for the full data with how-to-read notes, key insights, and the methodology behind the figures.
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Aluminium Content & Recovery Categories by Waste Type
Three e-waste categories compared for aluminium-focused operations — Consumer EEE, Large and Small EEE, and Medical Devices and Lab Instruments — showing aluminium content range, availability in the Indian market, and recovery complexity for each.
Aluminium Content by E-Waste Feedstock
Aluminium content percentages for five e-waste feedstock types — medical and lab equipment (15–30%), gas analysers (15–20%), fluorescent lamp luminaires, laptops, and welding tools (all 10–15%) — for yield planning in aluminium-focused e-waste operations.
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Capital Investment Slabs & Scale Factors
The seven capital investment slabs and corresponding Scale Factors used in the SPCB Annual Consent Fee formula — showing how the SF percentage decreases as plant investment grows, from 0.10% at the lowest slab to 0.01% at the highest.
Consent Fee Scale Factors by Capital Investment
The Scale Factor (SF) brackets used in the SPCB Annual Consent Fee formula (CF = Capital Investment × SF × Pollution Index Factor) — showing how SF decreases as capital investment grows, so larger plants pay a smaller percentage but a larger absolute fee.
Consent Fee Types, Validity Periods and Minimum Fees
SPCB consent fee types, calculation basis, and minimum annual fees for Green, Orange, and Red category industrial plants — covering the Annual Consent Fee formula, CTE and CTO fee structures, and the validity period for each pollution category.
Copper Content & Recovery Categories by Waste Type
Three e-waste categories compared for copper-focused operations — IT and Telecom Equipment, Large and Small EEE, and Medical Devices — showing copper content, availability, and recovery complexity, including the outsized copper density of electric kettles (up to 42%).
Copper Content by E-Waste Feedstock
Copper content percentages for five e-waste feedstock types — from electrical kettles (42%) and thermostats (27%) at the high end to BTS/UPS/telecom equipment, air conditioners, and electric fans (all 5–10%) — for yield planning in copper-focused e-waste operations.
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Decision Framework Cross-Reference
A master planning checklist cross-referencing six sequential business decisions for an e-waste recycling plant — location, feedstock, plant type, capacity, machinery, and scaling path — with the course module covering each and the key questions to answer before moving to implementation.
E-Waste Recycling Machinery Cost Ranges
Indicative price ranges for ten categories of e-waste recycling equipment in India — from conveyor belts at the lower end to depopulators at the higher end — shown for small-medium and high-capacity configurations where applicable.
E-Waste Recycling Plant Area Allocation
A four-zone area allocation guide for an e-waste recycling plant — showing recommended percentages for processing, storage, administration, and movement zones — with key sub-areas in each zone for plant layout planning.
Environmental Compliance Requirements
Five environmental compliance requirements for an e-waste recycling plant in India — Consent to Establish, Consent to Operate, e-waste authorization, hazardous waste management authorization, and EPR registration — all mandatory, each issued by SPCB or CPCB.
Hydrometallurgical Plant — End Products & Buyers
The five high-purity metal outputs from a hydrometallurgical e-waste recycling plant — copper sheets, silver, gold ingots, palladium, and platinum, all at approximately 99.9% purity — with typical buyers including bullion dealers, jewellers, electronics manufacturers, and catalytic converter makers.
Implementation Timeline (Realistic with Parallel Steps)
A seven-step realistic implementation timeline for setting up an e-waste recycling plant in India — from initial ground knowledge through commissioning — showing how parallel execution of legal, construction, and equipment steps compresses the timeline to approximately 8 months.
Mechanical Plant — End Products & Buyers
The five output streams sold by a mechanical e-waste recycling plant — ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, precious and rare earth metals, plastic parts, and other recyclables — with the composition, physical form, and typical Indian buyers for each stream.
Mechanical Recycling — Non-Ferrous Metals Output
The six non-ferrous metal fractions recovered from the eddy-current and density separation stages of a mechanical e-waste recycling line — aluminium, copper, brass, zinc, lead, and tin — with each metal's share of the non-ferrous stream and its output size.
Mechanical Recycling — Plastic Parts Output
The seven plastic types in the plastic fraction recovered from mechanical e-waste recycling — ABS, polycarbonate, HDPE, PP, PVC, polystyrene, and flame-retardant plastics — with each type's share of the total plastic output, sold to plastic recyclers and moulding companies.
Mechanical Recycling — Precious Metals Output
The precious and trace metals present in the fine-powder fraction from mechanical e-waste processing — gold, silver, palladium, platinum, and copper — with their percentage ranges and the requirement to route this fraction to hydrometallurgical refiners for full value recovery.
Multi-Line Capacity Worked Examples
Two worked examples of the CPCB multi-line capacity formula for e-waste recycling plants — one with all-independent lines and one mixing independent and dependent lines — showing how only the independent line throughputs are summed to reach the SPCB authorised capacity.
PCB Plant — End Products & Buyers
The five output streams sold by an e-waste PCB recycling plant — with the crushed component mixture (precious metals fine powder) as the highest-value stream that must go to a hydrometallurgical refiner, plus ferrous, copper-rich, plastic, and residual fractions.
Pyrometallurgical Plant — End Products & Buyers
Five pure metal ingot outputs from an e-waste pyrometallurgical recycling plant — steel, aluminium, zinc, copper, and lead-and-tin ingots — produced at 95–99% purity and sold to mills, smelters, and industrial manufacturers across India.
Scaling Approaches Comparison
A side-by-side comparison of two e-waste recycling business scaling paths — Metals-First and Precious-Metals-First — showing the six-step plant addition sequence for each approach and where the two paths diverge at Steps 3 and 4.
Single-Line Capacity Worked Example
A step-by-step worked example of the CPCB single-line capacity formula for an e-waste recycling plant — showing how a 4 TPH bottleneck stage, 20 operating hours per day, and 330 operating days per year combine to give an authorised capacity of 46,200 TPA.
Total Equipment Capex by Plant Type
Master capex reference for four e-waste recycling plant types — mechanical, PCB, pyrometallurgical, and hydrometallurgical — showing required equipment, indicative total machinery investment, skill profile, and ideal operator profile for each plant type.
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Gold Content & Recovery Categories by Waste Type
Three e-waste categories compared for gold-focused operations — IT and Telecom Equipment, Consumer EEE, and Medical Devices and Specialty Equipment — showing gold content range, availability, and recovery complexity for each.
Gold Content by E-Waste Feedstock
Gold content by weight for five e-waste feedstock types — from medical analysers (4.76%, the highest) to personal computers and laptops (0.0004%) — used for precious metal yield planning in e-waste recycling.
Green Belt Requirements by Location and Category
A four-location matrix of green belt requirements for industrial plants in India — showing required green belt as a percentage of plot area by location type (industrial estate, individual unit, air-polluting, critically polluted area) and pollution category (Red, Orange, Green).
Green Belt Requirements Matrix
A four-location, four-category matrix of minimum green belt percentages for industrial plants in India — with separate columns for Red, Orange, Green, and White pollution categories, and rows for industrial estates, standalone units, air-polluting sectors, and critically polluted areas.
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Independent vs Dependent Lines
Five aspects comparing independent and dependent processing lines in a multi-line e-waste plant — a critical regulatory distinction where CPCB counts only independent lines toward authorised TPA capacity, and dependent lines are excluded from the capacity calculation.
Iron Content & Recovery Categories by Waste Type
Three e-waste waste categories compared for iron-focused operations — showing iron content range, availability of that waste type, and recovery complexity — to help operators choose the best feedstock mix for a ferrous-metal-centred e-waste recycling business.
Iron Content by E-Waste Feedstock Category
Iron content percentages for five e-waste feedstock categories — from large appliances like dishwashers and fans (55% iron) to heating equipment (35–45%) — used for yield planning in e-waste recycling operations focused on ferrous metal recovery.
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Magnetic Separator Configurations
Two magnetic separator configurations used in e-waste mechanical recycling — the overhead magnetic belt (for large conveyor flows) and the magnetic drum (for continuous fine-material feed) — with how each works, indicative cost ranges, and where each is used in the processing line.
Mechanical Recycling — Ferrous Metals Output
Two ferrous metal output streams from e-waste mechanical recycling — iron alloys and steel (85–95% of the ferrous mix, sold to foundries and metal traders) and nickel-based alloys (5–15%, sold to nickel alloy manufacturers) — with typical output size and buyers.
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Noise Limits and Working Hour Regulations
Six noise and working hour regulations applicable to e-waste recycling plants — industrial area noise limits by time period, maximum daily and weekly work hours under the Factories Act, continuous work limit before mandatory rest, and overtime wage rules.
Non-Ferrous Metal Mixture Composition
The composition of the non-ferrous metal mixture recovered from e-waste mechanical processing — six metals from aluminium at 45–55% down to tin at 1–3% — used as a reference for calculating non-ferrous output yields and planning buyer relationships.
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