CPCB Plastic EPR Consulting

The Govt. fee for EPR Registration is:

• --  Rs.10,000 for upto 1000 Tonnes Per Annum (TPA) of plastic waste generation
• --  Rs.20,000 for 1000 to 10,000 TPA of plastic waste generation
• --  Rs.50,000 for more than 10,000 TPA of plastic waste generation 

PWM Rules impose requirement of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)- Plastic on the producer, importer, and brand owners of plastic materials for plastic packaging waste collection and recycling. EPR will apply to both pre- and post-consumer plastic packaging waste.

Producer means a person who manufactures or imports multilayered packaging, carry bags, plastic sheets or similar materials, and includes industries or individuals which use plastic sheets or similar materials or covers made of plastic sheets or multilayered packaging, for packaging or wrapping their products.

As the PIBOs require Plastic EPR Registration from CPCB, the plastic waste recycler entities need to register with the CPCB to get Plastic Waste Processor (PWP) Registration. Only the recyclers registered as PWPs with the CPCB are eligible to issue plastic recycling Registration for the recycling targets or annual compliance submissions of entites holding Plastic EPR Registration.  

Every business entity engaged in the business activity of importing, manufacturing or using plastic for with their own branded products, except small & medium enterprises of brand owners & importers, are required to get Plastic EPR Registration. The PIBOs, producers of plastic items, importers of plastic products and business entites which are not producing plastic products but using plastic for their own manufactured products, such as for packaging of products, need to have plastic epr certifcate. The three categories of palstic materiels under EPR are Rigid Plastics (Category -I), Flexible Plastics (Category - II), Multi-level packaging (Category - III) & Compostable Plastics (Category - IV).  

The applicant, a producer, importer or brand owner is required to apply online at the CPCB EPR Portal. First the registeration is done by generating the login id & Password on the portal. Once password is created and emailed to the applicant's email id, the same can be used to login into the portal and required documents are submitted. The Govt. fee for EPR Certificate is Rs.10,000. 

The documents required for Plastic ERR Registrationas a Producer are as following:

1. GST Registration
2. Pan card of Unit
3. CIN
4. Aadhar card and pan card of Authorized Person
5. SPCB CTO
6. Total Area (Sq ft.) - 

•  --  Raw Material Area
•  --  Production Area    
•  --  Dispatch Area

7. Picture with GEO tagging of 

•  --  Raw Material Area
•  --  Production Area    
•  --  Dispatch Area

8. Video of Processing Area
9. Name of Machinery & Details of Machinery- 

• --  Production Hrs 
• --  Picture of Machine

10. Sales & purchase bill of last two years

The documents required for Plastic EPR Registration as Importer are as follows:
1.    GST
2.    Aadhar card of Authorized Person
3.    Pan card of Authorized Person
4.    Pic of Products
5.    IEC 
6.    MSME 
7.    Capital Investment
8.    Date of Commencement of business
9.    State wise sales data and procurement data for last two years & Invoices of the Same