EPR Compliance Hub

Five CPCB EPR portal streams have dedicated registration portals: Plastic Waste (under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, as amended), E-Waste (under the E-Waste (Management) Rules), Battery Waste (under the Battery Waste Management Rules), Tyre Waste (under Schedule IX of the Hazardous and Other Wastes (M&TM) Amendment Rules, 2022), and End-of-Life Vehicles (under the Environment Protection (End-of-Life Vehicles) Rules, 2025, in force 1 April 2025). Used oil is managed separately under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (M&TM) Rules via SPCB authorisation, not through the CPCB EPR portal structure.

Each CPCB EPR stream has a dedicated registration portal. Verify the current portal URL on cpcb.nic.in as portal addresses may change. Registration is mandatory before commencing operations that trigger EPR obligations.

Three enforcement mechanisms apply: (1) Environmental Compensation (EC) assessed on the shortfall in collection and recycling targets, per CPCB’s published EC assessment guidelines for the relevant stream (for plastics, the guidelines revised August 2024); (2) monetary penalty under s.15 of the Environment (Protection) Act 1986, as amended by the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act 2023 (in force 1 April 2024) — for a company, not less than Rs 1 lakh and up to Rs 15 lakh per contravention, with a separate provision for continuing contravention; and (3) in FY 2023-24 enforcement, CPCB applied a 25% uplift to the following year’s EPR target where annual returns were not filed on time.

The Environment Protection (End-of-Life Vehicles) Rules, 2025, notified 6 January 2025 and in force from 1 April 2025, require vehicle producers to declare EPR obligations to CPCB by 30 April each year. Annual returns are filed in Form 1 by 30 June. Obligations are discharged via EPR certificates issued to Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs). Bulk consumers holding more than 100 vehicles must register and deposit EoLVs within 180 days of end-of-life. The ELV Rules do not cover batteries, plastic packaging, tyres, used oil or e-waste, which remain under their respective rules.

BRSR Principle 6 requires disclosure on waste management including EPR compliance status, collection and recycling targets, and EPR certificate holdings. Principle 2 asks about product lifecycle and end-of-life responsibility. EPR data feeds directly into these disclosures via BRSR Autopilot.