Annual Compliances for Plastic Waste Authorization

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Understanding the details of annual compliances for Plastic Waste Management Authorization, issued by the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

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Annual Compliances for Plastic Waste Authorization

To more effectively implement the Plastic Waste Management Rules and to place a greater emphasis on plastic waste minimization, source segregation, recycling and involving waste pickers, recyclers and waste processors in the collection of plastic waste fractions from households or any other source of generation or intermediate material recovery facility, as well as to adopt the polluter pays principle for implementing the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2018.

No person shall manufacture carry bags, recycle plastic bags or multi-layered packaging unless the person has obtained a registration from the State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee of the Union Territory concerned, as the case may be, prior to the commencement of production, as per rule 13 of the Plastic Waste Management Rules.

Every person who recycles or processes waste or who intends to recycle or process plastic waste, must submit a Form II application to the State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee for the grant or renewal of a recycling unit's registration.

Every manufacturer of plastic intended for use as a raw material by the producer must submit a Form III application to the State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee of the Union territory concerned for the grant of registration or the renewal of registration.

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Any individual or a business entity engaged in generation, collection, storage, segregation, recycling, trading, processing or disposal of plastic materials is required to obtain a Plastic Waste Management Authorization Certificate from the State Pollution Control Board, if operational in one or two Indian States or the Central Pollution Control Board, if the business is operational in more than two Indian States.

The concerned business owner or the business entity is required to apply online or offline for this certificate. The requisite documents are submitted along with the Government fee, if any, in a prescribed format. Also, the applicant is required to state his business plan and how it helps to reduce the plastic waste or the procedure for collection and recycling of plastic waste. The concerned officer would perform the site inspection and if any query is raised, it is to be suitably handled. After the queries raised by the concerned officer are satisfactorily answered, the Authorization for Plastic Waste management is issued.

The applicant has to submit return to State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)/ Pollution Control Committee (PCC)
The applicant shall follow the guidelines of Action plan of Plastic waste Management
To ensure safe collection, storage, segregation, transportation, processing and disposal of plastic waste
Each recycled carry bag must have a "recycled" label or logo, and must meet the Indian Standard: IS 14534: 1998, "Guidelines for Plastics Recycling," as modified from time to time

There is no Government fee for compliance submissions for Plastic Waste Authorization. An agency hired for this purpose may charge you Rs.5,000 to Rs.10,000 annually for the documentation work.