The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 31st December 2021 has notified the Draft Regulation on extended procedure responsibility for waste tyres under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.
The Producer and Recycler of waste tyre shall be covered under the EPR obligations under this regulation and these entities shall register on the centralized portal of CPCB.
Further no entity shall carry out any business without registration and in case, any registered entity furnishes false information or willfully conceals information for getting registration or return /report/information required to be provided/furnished under this regulation or in case of any irregularity, the registration of such entity may be revoked by CPCB for a period up to three-years after giving an opportunity to be heard. In addition, environmental compensation charges may also be levied.
The Producer shall fulfill their EPR obligation through online purchase of EPR Certificate from registered recyclers only and submit it online by filing quarterly return. The quarterly return shall be filed by the end of the month succeeding the end of the quarter. The details provided by Producers and registered recyclers will be cross-checked on the online portal. In case of difference, the lower figure would be considered towards fulfilment of EPR obligation of Producer. The certificates shall be subject to environmental audit by the agencies authorized by the Ministry.
The Central Pollution Control Board shall generate EPR certificate through the portal in favour of a registered recycler in the format as prescribed by CPCB. The validity of the EPR certificate will be 2 years from the end of the financial year in which it was generated. Each EPR certificate will have a unique number containing year of generation, code of end product, recycler code and a unique code. The EPR certificates will be in the denominations of 100, 200, 500 and 1000 Metric Tonnes or as may be prescribed by CPCB with the approval of Steering Committee.
All the recycler shall submit on monthly basis the information regarding quantity of waste tyres used and end product produced, EPR Certificate sold and such other relevant information on the portal in the form prescribed by CPCB.
