Registration of Producer, Importer & Brand Owners through Plastic EPR Portal as per Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016

On February 16, 2022, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC) issued an amendment to PWM Rules Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules) in order to enforce Extended Producer Responsibility as per rules and guidelines set out in Schedule II. According to Clause 10.1 of the Guidelines, producers, importers, and brand-owners (PIBOs) must follow the regulations and standards outlined in Schedule II. According to Clause 10.2, the Standard Operating Procedure for registration and the action plan pro-forma will be completed by CPCB. Pollution Inventory and Reporting Officers shall obtain EPR registration from CPCB if they operate in more than two States/UTs; whereas the remaining PIBOs have to be registered with the appropriate SPCBs/PCCs based on Rules set forth in this document.

In order to comply with the amendment notification, CPCB has initiated development of a portal that includes the following modules;

• EPR Registration for PIBOs
• Registration of PWPs
• Trading & Settlement of EPR obligations by PIBOs
• Filing of Annual Returns by stakeholders
• Levying of Environmental Compensation
• Third Party Audits
• Training/ Capacity Building of stakeholders