Indian Recycler Opens New Facility

The India-based recycling company Attero Recycling has announced the opening of its newest electronic scrap recycling facility. The new plant is located in Delhi, India.

The company noted that the opening followed two years of research into technology it developed that will allow the plant to extract metals from electronic scrap.

The plant was inaugurated by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former president of India; Sachin Pilot, Minister of State for Information Technology; Harsh Manglik, vice chairman, NASSCOM; Nitin Gupta, CEO Attero Recycling; and Rohan Gupta, COO, Attero Recycling.

The Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment & Forests, and the Indian government recently recognized Attero Recycling as the country’s only end-to-end, fully integrated electronic scrap recycling company.

With the opening of the plant, Attero states that it is looking to be the largest metal refining and recycling company in India.

Additionally, at the opening of the facility, the company announced that it is seeking to raise Series B funding for expansion and technical enhancement of the metal refining unit, as well as establishing a comprehensive collection system for electronic scrap.

After commissioning the metal extraction unit, Attero plans to expand the existing capacity to process most of the mixed metal electronic scrap in India.

“The problem of e-waste is growing at an alarming rate and it is time to now stop talking and start acting,” says Nitin Gupta, Attero’s CEO. “At Attero Recycling, we are conscious of our responsibility not just to ourselves but to the environment at large. While, as an environmentally responsible recycler, we aim to reduce e-waste burden on society, protect the environment, reduce contamination and generate awareness about the growing e-waste menace, we are also conscious of our responsibility towards the citizens of our country. Attero looks at e-waste as an important resource that can be made useful instead of shunning it as a social and environmental burden.”

Along with the new facility, Attero has offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai, as well as collection centers located throughout the country.