Supply chain in e-waste Industry

Stephin Abraham SabuVarun Raj

INTRODUCTION• Tremendous growth in the electronics industry results in the

exponential growth of electronic waste (e-waste)• India generates tons of waste annually which is increasing at

the rate of 10-15%• Seventy percent of these wastes comes from government

institutions and business house• The informal sector carry out almost 90% of the e-waste

management in India. • They are primarily involved in the dismantling rather than

recycling disposed products.

• Sourcing of e-Waste– breaking a particular area into clusters and then placing a bin to

collect recyclable products.• In-plant Processes of e-Waste Recycling

– dismantling of the components like motherboards, hard drives, cartridges, cabinets, cables etc.

– Manual labours separate metal, glass ,plastic etc• Recovery from e-Waste and Final Disposal Process

• Closure of Reverse Supply Chain Loop– reutilization of extracted materials for making another product

Case study - TOSHIBA

– Uses supply chain solutions to repairs damaged laptops– Customers can take damaged laptops to their respective stores

throughout the country– Laptops are shipped to the company's global hub, repaired, and

returned to the customers. – Helps to consolidate the collection of e-waste and accelerate its

recycling.– Increases efficiency by reducing the amount of flights shipping

parts back and forth

GLOBAL HUB

COLLECTION STORE

COLLECTION STORE

COLLECTION STORE

CUSTOMER

CUSTOMER CUSTOMER

E-WASTE COLLECTION

RECYCLEMANUFACTURERCUSTOMER

Land filling

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