Electronics EPR Compliances

• As per E-waste Management Rules, 2016, every manufacturer, importer, recycler, bulk consumer involved in manufacturing & sale, or Import & sales and recycling of e-waste or electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I of E-waste Management Rules, 2016, including their components, consumables, parts and spares which make the product operational, must follow the standards and guidelines prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
• To get the Electronics EPR Registration, the applicant is required to register himself on the CPCB Electronics EPR Portal. Along with the Company KYC & other documents, the applicant is required to submit the sale/purchase/import data for his firm/company, for the previous N no. of years, the number of years depending on the type of electrical & electronic equipments.  

•    Maintain Form-2 records of all e-waste generated, handled and disposed of and make them available for inspection by the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) or by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
•    On or before the 30th day of June following the financial year to which the return relates, file annual returns in Form-3 with the concerned State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) or to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

•    Maintain a Form-2 / online record of e-waste collected, dismantled, recycled or sent to an approved recycler and make that record accessible for inspection by the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) or by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
•    On or before the 30th day of June following the financial year to which the return applies, file annual returns in Form-3 / online submission with the appropriate State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) / by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
•    The recycler may accept for recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment or components that are not listed in Schedule I, provided that they do not contain any radioactive material and that this information is submitted when obtaining authorization from the appropriate State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) & by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

When an Electronics EPR Registration is issued to the applicant, this Registration document contains a table in the middle section of the certificate. In that table, the individual recycling targets for each of the electronic items, for which, the EPR registratiion was sought, is mentioned in the tabular form. The EPR Registration holder is required to submit the annual compliances for this Recycling Target

To submit annual compliances for Electronics EPR Registration, The Registration holder is required to login on to the CPCB Electronics EPR online portal, with the login email id and password, generated during the online application for new EPR certificate.

The Electronics EPR annual compliances have 3 components, which are as following:

Recycling credits Transfer:

The EPR certificate holder is required to transfer the required E-waste recyling credits to his/her account. The e-waste credits requirements could be known by the EPR certificate or loging into the EPR portal

Sale / Purchase Date upload 

The aplicant is required to upload the purchase / sale invoices of previous financial year or submit the excel format data, to the CPCB through its online portal.

Submission of Govt fee 

The applicant is required to submit online the Govt fee for annual compliances for Electronics EPR certificate. 

The Govt. fee for Electronics EPR annual compliances is as following: