Extended producer responsibility (EPR), is an exercise and a policy method in which Producers take accountability for the organization of the disposal of products they create Produce once those products are designated as no longer useful by consumers.
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) practices comprise a combination of environmental, economic, and social factors. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) transferences the economic liability of the cost of disposal from the government to the manufacturer of the product.
In India Extended producer Responsibility came into frame to deal With E-Waste & Plastic Waste
Extended Producer gives emphasis on
Producers of electrical or electronics equipment, are held accountable to manage E-Waste Management and handlings after its End of life. As per environmental policy, stated producer has the responsibility, for reducing environmental impact and managing the product and their waste, are extended to across the whole life cycle of the product. CPCB has made direction on implementation of E-Waste, which includes Authorization, channelization, collection, storage, transportation, environmentally sound dismantling, recycling, and refurbishment.
According to Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 Extended Producer Responsibility’ means the responsibility of a producer for the environmentally sound management of the product until the end of its life to ensure environmentally sound management of such waste. Extended Producer Responsibility may comprise of implementing take back system or setting up of collection centres, dismantler or recycler either individually or collectively through a Producer Responsibility Organization recognized by producer.
The producer, brand owner ,manufacturer, recycler, refurbisher can make online application at Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) web Portal , state pollution control board web portal respectively along with required attachment or by submitting hard copies of application in Form-I along with required documents, the applicant is required to check all the documents before filing.
Verification of application
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) or State pollution control board may verify and investigate the given information within 25 days of receipt of application.
Central pollution control board or State pollution control board after verifying given document and satisfied with extended producers responsibility plan shall grant extended producers responsibility authorization in Form no 1(AA) within a period of one hundred and twenty days from receipt of application.
Note: The Extended Producers Responsibility authorization shall be valid for a period of five years.
What Are The Responsibilities of EPR Collection Centres?
Collection centres are responsible to collect waste on behalf of producer, recycler including those arising from orphaned products and ensure that the facility in accordance with the standards or guidelines issued by Central pollution Board.
What Are The Responsibilities of EPR Dealers?
In the case the dealer has been given the responsibility of collection on behalf of the producer, the dealer shall collect the waste by providing the consumer a box, bin or a demarcated area to deposit waste, or through take-back system and send the collected to collection centre or recycler as designated by producer and ensure that no damage is caused to the environment during storage and transportation of.
What Are The Responsibilities of EPR Refurbisher?
Refurbisher collects e-waste generated during the process of refurbishing and channelize the waste to authorized dismantler or recycler through its collection center and ensure that the refurbishing process does not have any adverse effect on the health and the environment.
What Are The Responsibilities of EPR Dismantler?
The dismantler ensures that the facility and dismantling processes are in accordance with the standards or guidelines prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board from time to time and ensure that non-recyclable or non-recoverable components are sent to authorized treatment storage and disposal facilities.
Documents required for EPR Authorization For Proprietary/LLP/OPC & Partnership Entity
Documents required for EPR Authorization For Private Limited and Public Limited Company
According to E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 an e-waste means electrical and electronic equipment, whole or in part discarded as waste by the consumer or bulk consumer as well as rejects from manufacturing, refurbishment and repair processes.
According to E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 Extended Producer Responsibility’ means responsibility of any producer of electrical or electronic equipment, for channelization of e-waste to ensure environmentally sound management of such waste. Extended Producer Responsibility may comprise of implementing take back system or setting up of collection centers or both and having agreed arrangements with authorized dismantler or recycler either individually or collectively through a Producer Responsibility Organization recognized by producer.
Every producer, manufacturer, refurbisher, dismantler or recycler of electrical and electronic equipment has to obtain a registration from the State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee of the Union Territory concerned.
The E-Waste rules apply to every manufacturer, producer, consumer, bulk consumer, collection centres, dealers, e-retailer, refurbisher, dismantler and recycler involved in manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, collection, storage and processing of e-waste or electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I, including their components, consumables, parts and spares which make the product operational but shall not apply to –
(a) used lead acid batteries as covered under the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001 made under the Act;
(b) micro enterprises as defined in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006); and
(c) radio-active wastes as covered under the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (33 of 1962) and rules made there under.
India is believed to generate 25,00 tons of plastic waste every day. So much that plastic is entering in the food chain. This can alter human hormones and cause life-threatening diseases. Thus, it is imperative for governments to step up and enforce laws to combat this crisis. For this Government introduces the term Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in 2016 Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.
Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 defines the Extended Producer’s Responsibility (EPR), as responsibility of a producer for the environmentally sound management of the product until the end of its life.
Every Producer, Brand Owner, recyclers and Manufacturer of plastic has to obtain a registration from the State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee of the Union Territory concerned.
The Plastic Waste Management rules apply to every waste generator, local body, Gram Panchayat, manufacturer, Importers and producer of Plastic Materials
The Weights and Measures Registration is granted by Legal Metrology office after successful safety testing of the product as per notified Indian Standard and furnishing of necessary documents.
E Waste Management license or EPR Certificate, full form, Extended Producer Responsibility / EPR Authorisation certificate is a mandatory authorization for producers from electronic sectors. The term, Electronic Waste Management, means disposing electronic waste in a manner that doesn’t have any negative impact on the environment. For technological waste management license, the E wastes should be recycled which might include the following:
You have to dispose the electronic wastes as per the guidelines set by the Central Pollution Control Board. And once you show that you can, you’re granted the E Waste Management or EPR License.
EPR Certificate means accepting the responsibility of dealing the electronic wastes. That’s why, just the electronic companies, but EPR certification is also suitable for E waste management companies; businesses that specifically deal with managing electronic wastes.
Other than the e waste management companies, EPR certificate for import in India – another rendition EPR certificate India is issued to those who import e waste from other countries.
That said, to show that you can deal with the electronic dregs, you have to take on the legal procedure for seeking EPR Authorization. The EPR License process is jarring, and if not handled correctly, can take a long time.
But you don’t have to worry about taking on that challenge on your own. Registrationwala is a team of business registration experts who have helped many, get their EPR Licenses.
Following are the documents required to acquire the extended producer Responsibility certificate.
Note: Once you acquire the EPR certificate, you’d have to specially careful about plastic wastes. The extended producer responsibility plastic guidelines specifically define that plastic, unlike other resources, can’t be disposed of easily. For it, recycling is the only option.
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Timeline
15-30 days
EPR Authorization is valid for 5 years and it can be renewed subsequently. Few documents and fees will be needed to get renewal.
The followings are the mandatory declarations required on a packet that have been imported and available for sale:
IT and Telecommunication Equipment and
Consumer Electricals and Electronics such as TVs, Washing Machines, Refrigerators Air Conditioners including fluorescent and other mercury containing lamps are covered under these Rules.
The Central Pollution Control Board (“CPCB”) has, in a recent notice, emphasized the requirement for all producers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (“EEE”), under the E-Waste Management Rules, 2016, to obtain Extended Producer Responsibility – Authorization (“EPR – Authorization”) from CPCB. The EPR – Authorization can be obtained by applying in Form-I.
The EPR – Authorization is needed to be obtained for ensuring that end – of – life EEE generated from the products of the producers are channelized to authorised dismantlers/ recyclers.
Failure to obtain EPR– Authorization will be considered a violation of the Rules and will be punishable under Section 15 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 i.e., with imprisonment upto 5 years with fine upto Rs. 1 Lac, or with both.
To get the EPR certificate, apply for it using the steps given below
Whether you’re a manufacturer, an E waste management or someone who is just seeking EPR registration for import, the process shall remain the same.
a. Batteries as covered under the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001.
b. Radioactive wastes as covered under the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (33 of 1962) and rules made thereunder.
Below is the list of all the products that are covered under EPR registration. As per the policy, any company who manufactures, import or produce any of the electronic items which are mentioned in the list have to get EPR registration done and is accountable for recycling of the E-waste being generated from these products. The product name, their product code and the average life are also mentioned. The average life of the product is essential as it further decides the liability on the producer
The dealer of even a single product or any products subparts, accessories will also be aligned under EPR authorization/registration.
Sr. No. | Categories of electrical and electronic equipment | EEE Code | Average Life |
1 | Information technology and telecommunication equipment | ||
Centralized data processing: | ITEW1 | ||
Mainframe | 10 Years | ||
Minicomputer | 5 Years | ||
2 | Personal Computing: Personal Computers (Central Processing Unit with input and output devices) | ITEW2 | 6 Years |
3 | Personal Computing: Laptop Computer(Central Processing Unit with input and output devices) | ITEW3 | 5 Years |
4 | Personal Computing: Notebook Computers | ITEW4 | 5 Years |
5 | Personal Computing: Notepad Computers | ITEW5 | 5 Years |
6 | Printers including cartridges | ITEW6 | 10 Years |
7 | Copying equipment | ITEW7 | 8 Years |
8 | Electrical and electronic typewriters | ITEW8 | 5 Years |
9 | User terminals and systems | ITEW9 | 6 Years |
10 | Facsimile | ITEW10 | 10 Years |
11 | Telex | ITEW11 | 5 Years |
12 | Telephones | ITEW12 | 9 Years |
13 | Pay telephones | ITEW13 | 9 Years |
14 | Cordless telephones | ITEW14 | 9 Years |
15 | Cellular telephones | ITEW15 | |
Feature phones | 7 Years | ||
Smartphones | 5 Years | ||
16 | Answering systems | ITEW16 | 5 Years |
ii. |
Consumer electrical and electronics: | ||
Categories of electrical and electronic equipment | EEE Code | Average Life | |
Television sets (including sets based on(Liquid Crystal Display and Light Emitting Diode technology) | CEEW1 | 9 Years | |
Refrigerator | CEEW2 | 10 Years | |
Washing Machine | CCEW3 | 9 Years | |
Air-conditioners excluding centralized air conditioning plants | CCEW4 | 10 Years | |
Fluorescent and other Mercury containing lamps | CEEW5 | 2 Years |
1) Subject to the provisions of rule 6, every package kept, offered or exposed for sale or sold shall bear conspicuously on it, the name and complete address of the manufacturer, or where the manufacturer is not the packer, the name and address of the manufacturer and the packer and in case of imported packages, the name and address of the importer:
Provided that for packages of capacity 5 cubic cm or less, it shall be a sufficient compliance of this sub- rule, if a mark or inscription which would enable the consumer to identify the manufacturer or packer or the importer, as the case may be, is made on the package:
Provided further that where any commodity manufactured outside India is packed in India, the package shall also contain on the principal display panel the name and complete address of the packer or the importer in India.
Explanation – In this sub-rule, ‘complete address’ means, the postal address at which the factory is situated, and in any other case, the name of the street, number (if any) assigned to the premises of the manufacturer or packer and either the name of the city and State where the business is carried on by the manufacturer or packer or the Postal Index Number [PIN] Code so that a consumer can identify and locate the manufacturer or packer or importer, as the case may be.
(2) The name of the manufacturer or packer or importer shall be the actual corporate name, or if not incorporated, the name under which the business is conducted by such manufacturer or packer or importer in India.
Every wholesale package shall bear thereon a legible, definite, plain and conspicuous declaration as to —
(a) The name and address of the manufacturer or importer or where the manufacturer or importer is not the packer, of the packer;
(b) The identity of the commodity contained in the package; and
(c) The total number of retail package contained in such wholesale package or the net quantity in terms of standard units of weights, measures or number of the commodity contained in wholesale package;
Provided that nothing in this rule shall apply in relation to a wholesale package if a declaration similar to the declarations specified in this rule, is required to be made on such wholesale packages by or under any other law for the time being in force.
India is a rapidly growing market in the field of Electrical and electronic products such as computers, Mobile, Printers, Scanner, refrigerators, LEDs, TV, transformers, capacitors etc. Electrical and electrical equipment contain a plethora of toxic components including cadmium, lead, mercury it affects the nearly every system in the human body, Polybrominated flame retardants, barium and lithium even the plastic casing of electronic product contains polyvinyl chloride.
Manufacturers and brand owners (Producers) are compelled to follow rules of Extended Producers Responsibility(EPR) producers have the responsibility to manage electrical and electronic equipment after its “End of life” thus the producers are responsible for their products once the consumer discards them.
Producer may analyze their individual requirements and design a collection or product take-back system as they deem appropriate as long as it facilitates channelization of E-Waste for environmentally sound management.
Producers are responsible for collection center for the collection of electrical and electronic waste from individual and bulk consumers and channelize the waste to collection centers or recyclers/dismantlers.
Electronic Equipment contain a toxic component which is harmful to human body
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