LG and Samsung of South Korea have seduced the government of India to cancel a policy that payments to electronic waste recyclers show, show judicial presentations, which join other important companions to dispute the country’s environmental rules that cite businesses.
The demands, which are heard on Tuesday with other challenges, mark an escalation of a confrontation that involves the government of foreign companies and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on their position towards waste management practices.
LG and Samsung did not respond to Reuters comments. The Ministry of Environment of India did not respond either.
India is the third largest electronic waste generator behind China and the United States, but the Syys government only 43 percent of the country’s electronic waste last year was recycled and at least 80 percent of the informal waste dealers of the sector.
Daikin, Havells of India and Tata Voltas have already demanded the administration of Modi.
Samsung and LG had presented a decision to fix a floor price to pay recyclers, which New Delhi says it is necessary to obtain more formal players in the sector and increase investment in electronic waste recycling.
The presentation of LG in the Superior Court of Delhi, which is not public, but was reviewed by Reuters on Monday, said the price rules “do not take into account that simply accelerating companies and taxing them on behalf of the ‘main pollutions, the feet being, Theiev, Theiev cannot be achieved.”
“(Yes) The authorities have not been able to regulate the informal sector, so it is a failure of compliance,” showed the presentation of the 550 pages court of April 16, 16.
Samsung in his presentation of 345 pages, seen by Reuters, said: “Price regulation does not inherently serve the purposes of environmental protection” and said that this “was expected to cause a substantial financial impact.”
The new rules of India require a minimum payment of 22 rupees (25 cents of the USA) per kilogram to recycle consumption electronics. Electronics companies say that will triple their costs and benefit recyclers at their coast.
LG’s judicial presentation showed that he wrote to the Indian government in August saying that proposal rates were “very high and should be reduced” and the government should allow market forces to determine prices.
Samsung wrote at Modi’s office last year, showed the company’s judicial presentation, saying that the new price was “5-15 times the price that was currently paid.”
The Redseer research firm said that India’s recycling rates were still low compared to the US, where they are up to five times higher, and China, where they are at least 1.5 times higher.
The Indian air conditioning manufacturer, Blue Star, has also filed a lawsuit that challenges the rules, citing complication loads, their judicial archives, seen by Reuters.
Johnson Controls-Hitachi has moved to withdraw his lawsuit in recent days without giving reasons, according to court fillings seen by Reuters.
Blue Star and Johnson Controls-Hitachi did not respond to requests for comments.
Posted on April 21, 2025