Vadodara (Baroda) is one of Gujarat’s largest industrial cities. Engineering firms, chemical and pharma plants, IT offices, hospitals and colleges all produce electronic waste. This guide explains how a business in Vadodara can deal with it the right way, and why it can even be worth money.
What counts as e-waste?
E-waste is any electrical or electronic equipment you no longer use, plus its parts. For a typical Vadodara business, that includes:
- Old desktops, laptops, servers and networking equipment
- Printed circuit boards (PCBs) and rejected electronic assemblies
- Integrated circuits (ICs), memory chips and memory cards
- Monitors, TVs and screens
- Control panels, drives and PLCs from factory machines
- UPS units, LED lighting and electrical panels
- Electronic medical and lab equipment
If it has a plug, a battery or a circuit board, it is almost certainly e-waste.
Why you should not sell it to the local kabadi
Many companies still hand old electronics to informal scrap dealers. It feels easy, but it causes three problems:
- Pollution. Informal workers often burn cables and boards in the open or use acid baths to pull out metals. This releases toxic fumes and chemicals near homes and farms.
- Compliance risk. Under India’s E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022, e-waste should go to proper, registered channels. Handing it to an unknown dealer leaves no paper trail.
- Lost value. Circuit boards and chips contain gold, silver, palladium and copper. A generic scrap buyer usually prices them as mixed scrap, not for their precious-metal content.
The hidden value in your e-waste
A tonne of gold ore gives about 5 grams of gold. A tonne of mobile phone circuit boards can give around 150 grams, roughly 30 times more. This is why e-waste is called the urban mine.
For a factory or IT office, this means old boards, ICs and memory are not just waste to dispose of. They are a material with real metal value. Read how gold is recovered from e-waste.
How to choose an e-waste recycler in Vadodara
Ask these questions before you hand over any material:
- Where is the material processed? A local plant means shorter transport and easier visits.
- What happens to it? Ask the recycler to explain their process in simple words.
- How is pollution controlled? Thermal processes should have proper exhaust treatment, such as an afterburner and a wet scrubber.
- Do they value precious metals? A recycler that recovers precious metals can price boards and chips fairly.
- Will you get documents? Keep a record of what you handed over, when, and to whom.
Getting started with Alchemy Recyclers
Alchemy Recyclers has its plant at Manjusar, Savli, in Vadodara district, close to the Savli, Manjusar, Halol and other GIDC estates. We recover gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium and copper from:
Our thermal reduction process uses an afterburner above 1100 °C and a venturi wet scrubber to clean the exhaust.
Next step: take a few photos of your material, note the rough quantity, and contact us by phone, WhatsApp or email. We will tell you what can be recovered and how to proceed.
