India, Feb. 20 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has flagged gaps in the management of electronic-waste (e-waste) across the country, noting that 17 States and UTs - including Delhi - did not currently have any e-waste recycling facility.

Highlighting the challenges of weak inter-state tracking of e-waste and incomplete inventorisation, the bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava, in its order dated February 12, directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to file a comprehensive status report at least a week before the next hearing on May 21.

The CPCB, in one of its action-taken reports based on a previous tribunal order, outlined compliance on six major issues, including the availability of recycling unit...