Annual Compliances for Plastic Waste Authorization

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.