E-waste Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compliance

 Extended Producer Responsibility Authorization (EPRA) is a permission granted by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to Producer for managing Extended Producer Responsibility as per E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016.  This document contains the detailed plans submitted to CPCB regarding implementation and the targets stated in the authorization certificate issued, including details of Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) and any e-waste exchange between the applicant and the PRO, if applicable.

Where producer include all the manufacturers, importers and brand owner, bulk consumers and dealers of the Electronic and Electrical Items. Extended Producer Responsibility Authorization (EPRA) issued by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for items include in Schedule I of E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016.  Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) define the life-cycle of products mentioned in Schedule I of E-waste (Management) Rules,2016 manufactured and distributed by Dealer, Bulk consumer, Producer, and Importer

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) encourages a ‘cradle-to-cradle’ approach to recover, recycle and reuse discarded products to make new products by way of managing materials, meaning products and packaging discarded by the consumer to reduce our impact on the environment.
Reuse and recycling of waste are comparatively more energy efficient than manufacturing from new materials and as the costs of collection, processing and recycling are shifted from consumers to the producers of the Product, this outlook encourages industry to be more innovative in product and packaging design.

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