CPCB notice regarding generation & transfer of EPR certificate

CPCB has release notice regarding the generation & transfer of the EPR certificate on centralized EPR portal.

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a strategy to add all of the estimated environmental costs associated with a product throughout the product life cycle to the market price of that product, contemporarily mainly applied in the field of waste management. Extended producer responsibility legislation is a driving force behind the adoption of remanufacturing initiatives because it “focuses on the end-of-use treatment of consumer products and has the primary aim to increase the amount and degree of product recovery and to minimize the environmental impact of waste materials”.

As per section 6.1(a) of the EPR Guidelines, “The following entities shall register on the centralized portal developed by Central Pollution Control Board namely: (i) Producer (P); (ii) Importer (I); (iii) Brand owner (BO); (iv) Plastic Waste Processor (PWP) engaged in (a) recycling, (b) waste to energy, (c) waste to oil, and (iv) industrial composting” and as per Section 11.1 of the EPR Guidelines, “All plastic waste processors shall have to register with concerned State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee in accordance with provision 13(3) of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 on the centralized portal developed by Central Pollution Control Board. Central Pollution Control Board shall lay down the uniform procedure for registration within three months of the publication of these guidelines”.

As per EPR Guidelines;

“All plastic waste processors shall have to register with the concerned State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee in accordance with provision 13(3) of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 on the centralized portal developed by Central Pollution Control Board. Central Pollution Control Board shall lay down a uniform procedure for registration within three months of the publication of these guidelines”
“The Plastic waste processors shall submit annual returns after the end of every financial year by 30th April of the next financial year on the quantity of plastic waste processed category-wise as per prescribed pro forma on the centralized portal developed by Central Pollution Control Board;
“Only plastic waste processors registered under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, as amended, shall provide certificates for plastic waste processing, which shall be considered for the fulfilment of Extended Producer Responsibility obligations by Producers, Importers & Brand-Owners;

CPCB has launched the Module to facilitate provision of Generation & Transfer of EPR Certificates by plastic waste processor on the EPR Portal and timeline for EPR Certificate generation by plastic waste processor for Sales in current financial year is extended to April 30, 2023. There are many EPR certificates not generated by many units which is in violation violation of Clause 11.6 of the EPR Guidelines which is obstructing fulfilment of EPR obligations by Registered PIBOS.

As per this notification all unit shall complete generation of EPR Certificates for sales made in the year 2022-23 on the Centralized Extended Producers Responsibility Portal for Plastic Packaging by June 30, 2023.

For more details click on below given link.

Download – CPCB Notice regarding generation & transfer of EPR certificate

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