Lok Sabha Question No. 67 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-21
Subject: Extended Producer Responsibility
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Damodar Agrawal, Dr. Manna Lal Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 67

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025

## Extended Producer Responsibility

## 67. SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL: DR. MANNA LAL RAWAT:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) initiative implemented by the Government;
- (b) the details of the Producers, Importers and Brand Owners (PIBOs) registered under the Government run EPR portal during the last three years, year and State-wise;
- (c) the details of the plastic waste generated and recycled by the Producers, Importers and Brand Owners (PIBOs) under the EPR initiative during the last three years, company, year and State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any punitive action against the companies which are found to be negligent in discharging their responsibilities during plastic waste recycling under the EPR; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

- (a):    The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  have  notified  Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework for the following waste streams:
-  Plastic packaging waste notified in February, 2022
-  Waste tyres notified in July, 2022
-  Battery waste notified in August, 2022
-  E-waste notified in November, 2022
-  Used oil notified in September, 2023
-  End-of-life vehicles notified in January, 2025
-  Construction and Demolition waste notified in April, 2025
-  Non-ferrous metal scrap notified in July, 2025
- (b): The  total Producers,  Importers  and  Brand  Owners  (PIBOs)  registered  on  the Centralized EPR portal on plastic packaging is 51,355, till date, of which, 22,974 PIBOs are registered  with  concerned  SPCBs/PCCs.  The  state-wise  details  of  registered  PIBOs  is  at Annexure-I. The total Producers registered on the EPR portal for battery waste management is 3606.  The  state-wise  and  year-wise  details  of  registered producers  for  battery  waste management is at Annexure-II. The total Producers registered on the EPR portal for used oil management is 48. The state-wise details of registered producers for used oil management is at Annexure-III. The total Producers registered on the EPR portal for management of waste tyre is 247. The state-wise details of registered producers EPR portal for management of waste tyre  is  at  Annexure-IV.  The  total  Producers  registered  on  the  EPR  portal  for  E-waste management is 9163. The state-wise details of registered producers for E-waste management is at Annexure-V.
- (c): One  hundred  and  fifty  three  lakh  tons  of  plastic  packaging  waste  has  been processed by registered plastic waste processors, since 2022. As per available information, the plastic packaging waste covered under EPR obligation of registered PIBOs and the plastic packaging recycled under fulfilment of their  EPR  obligations,  year-wise, is  given in table below:
- (d)  &  (e):  The  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  has  taken  the  following  steps  against  the defaulting PIBOs/Plastic Waste Processors (PWPs:
- (i) Directions have been issued to the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) / Pollution Control Committee (PCC) to revoke Consent of PWPs who are not registered on EPR Portal.
- (ii) Directions has been issued on 26.10.2023 to SPCBs of Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Karnataka, to levy Environmental compensation (EC) corresponding to the quantum of EPR certificates generated not in conformity with the stipulated requirements for operating  on  Centralized  EPR  portal  and  also  to  take  necessary  actions  as  per applicable law against the violating PWPs
- (iii) Directions has been issued on 20.11.2023 to SPCBs/PCCs to re-check processing facilities  of  Registered  PWPs  in  their  state  &  regularly  monitor  EPR  Certificate generation process of the Registered PWPs ensuring that EPR Certificates generated by PWPs are in accordance with requirements prescribed in CPCB guidance manual registered on the ERP portal in accordance with the clause 12.4 of EPR guidelines.
- (iv) Show Cause Notice (SCN) has been issued to 14081 PIBOs on 30.12.2024 under section  5  of  the  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986  for  non-fulfilment  of  EPR obligations within stipulated timeframe for the FY 2022-23 & FY 2023-24.
- (v) Directions have been issued to SPCBs/PCCs dated 14.01.2025, 21.02.2025 & 8-042025, respectively, for taking necessary action against 90 defaulting PWP Units as per CPCB Audit findings.
- (vi) Show Cause Notice (SCN) issued on 08.04.2025 to 11 PWPs for adopting malafide practices in EPR Certificate Generation process.

| Financial Years (FYs)   |   Number of PIBOs | EPR Target (lakh tons)                  | EPR target Fulfilled (lakh tons)   |
|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 12,602                  |             27.22 | 24.96                                   | 2022-23                            |
| 37,478                  |             61.52 | 46.36                                   | 2023-24                            |
| 48,606                  |             78.64 | Last date of filling of AR is 31-7-2025 | 2024-25                            |

Annexure-I

## State-wise details of Producers, Importers and Brand Owners (PIBOs) registered on the Centralized EPR Portal on plastic packaging

| S. No.   | State /UT                          |   Brand Owner |   Producer |   Importer |
|----------|------------------------------------|---------------|------------|------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh                     |            48 |        155 |        140 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh                  |             0 |          1 |          5 |
| 3.       | Assam                              |            17 |        112 |         67 |
| 4.       | Bihar                              |             3 |         37 |         52 |
| 5.       | Chandigarh                         |             0 |          7 |         16 |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh                       |             9 |         40 |         53 |
| 7.       | Dadra& Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |            16 |        273 |        168 |
| 8.       | Delhi                              |            20 |        324 |       1547 |
| 9.       | Goa                                |             1 |         31 |         63 |
| 10.      | Gujarat                            |           110 |        794 |       2606 |
| 11.      | Haryana                            |            11 |        136 |        508 |
| 12.      | Himachal Pradesh                   |            11 |        156 |         94 |
| 13.      | Jammu And Kashmir                  |             9 |        111 |         51 |
| 14.      | Jharkhand                          |             2 |          3 |         87 |
| 15.      | Karnataka                          |           110 |        343 |        780 |
| 16.      | Kerala                             |            30 |        132 |        205 |
| 17.      | Ladakh                             |             0 |          1 |          0 |
| 18.      | Madhya Pradesh                     |            52 |        204 |        208 |
| 19.      | Maharashtra                        |            76 |        645 |       5333 |
| 20.      | Manipur                            |             0 |          0 |          3 |
| 21.      | Meghalaya                          |             3 |          2 |          6 |
| 22.      | Mizoram                            |             0 |          0 |          4 |
| 23.      | Nagaland                           |             0 |          0 |          2 |
| 24.      | Odisha                             |             6 |         21 |         76 |
| 25.      | Pondicherry                        |             4 |         81 |         23 |
| 26.      | Punjab                             |            23 |        133 |        653 |
| 27.      | Rajasthan                          |            24 |        202 |        389 |
| 28.      | Sikkim                             |             0 |          1 |          3 |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu                         |            74 |         96 |        955 |
| 30.      | Telangana                          |            32 |        222 |        329 |
| 31.      | Tripura                            |             1 |          5 |         14 |
| 32.      | Uttar Pradesh                      |            59 |        305 |        811 |
| 33.      | Uttarakhand                        |            64 |        301 |         86 |
| 34.      | West Bengal                        |            35 |        240 |       1673 |
|          | Total                              |           850 |       5114 |      17010 |

Annexure-II State-wise and year-wise details of Producers registered on the EPR Portal for battery

## waste management

| S. No.   | State / UT       |   F.Y. 2023-2024 |   F.Y. 2024-2025 |   F.Y. 2025-2026 (till date) |
|----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh   |               50 |               16 |                            1 |
| 2.       | Assam            |                5 |                1 |                            1 |
| 3.       | Bihar            |                6 |                3 |                            0 |
| 4.       | Chandigarh       |                6 |                3 |                            0 |
| 5.       | Chattisgarh      |                4 |                6 |                            4 |
| 6.       | Dadra& Nagar     |                1 |                1 |                            0 |
| 7.       | Daman &Diu       |                5 |                1 |                            1 |
| 8.       | Delhi            |              411 |              139 |                           48 |
| 9.       | Goa              |                5 |                1 |                            0 |
| 10.      | Gujrat           |              130 |               66 |                           19 |
| 11.      | Haryana          |              250 |               97 |                           32 |
| 12.      | Himachal Pradesh |               15 |                6 |                            0 |
| 13.      | Jammu &Kashmir   |                1 |                1 |                            0 |
| 14.      | Jharkhand        |                4 |                1 |                            1 |
| 15.      | Karnataka        |              194 |              109 |                           39 |
| 16.      | Kerala           |               26 |               16 |                            4 |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh   |               33 |               19 |                            8 |
| 18.      | Maharashtra      |              483 |              283 |                           80 |
| 19.      | Orissa           |                9 |                1 |                            1 |
| 20.      | Pondichery       |                4 |                2 |                            3 |
| 21.      | Punjab           |               19 |               12 |                            4 |
| 22.      | Rajasthan        |               46 |               25 |                            5 |
| 23.      | Tamil Nadu       |              159 |               83 |                           25 |
| 24.      | Telangana        |               45 |               27 |                            7 |
| 25.      | Uttar Pradesh    |              176 |               77 |                           30 |
| 26.      | Uttarakhand      |               18 |                6 |                            0 |
| 27.      | West Bengal      |              121 |               45 |                           20 |
|          | Total            |             2226 |             1047 |                          333 |

## State-wise details of Producers registered on the EPR portal for Used Oil Management

| S. no.   | State / UT          |   No. |
|----------|---------------------|-------|
| 1        | Chhattisgarh        |     1 |
| 2        | Dadra& Nagar Haveli |     1 |
| 3        | Delhi               |     3 |
| 4        | Gujarat             |     4 |
| 5        | Haryana             |     5 |
| 6        | Jharkhand           |     1 |
| 7        | Karnataka           |     3 |
| 8        | Maharashtra         |    18 |
| 9        | Tamil Nadu          |     6 |
| 10       | Telangana           |     1 |
| 11       | Uttar Pradesh       |     2 |
| 12       | West Bengal         |     3 |
| Total    | Total               |    48 |

## State-wise details of Producers registered on the EPR portal for Management of Waste Tyre

| S. no.   | State / UT             |   No. |
|----------|------------------------|-------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh         |     7 |
| 2.       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |     1 |
| 3.       | Daman and Diu          |     1 |
| 4.       | Delhi                  |    16 |
| 5.       | Gujarat                |    52 |
| 6.       | Haryana                |    25 |
| 7.       | Jammu and Kashmir      |     2 |
| 8.       | Jharkhand              |     1 |
| 9.       | Karnataka              |     5 |
| 10.      | Kerala                 |     4 |
| 11.      | Madhya Pradesh         |     2 |
| 12.      | Maharashtra            |    49 |
| 13.      | Punjab                 |    21 |
| 14.      | Rajasthan              |     9 |
| 15.      | Tamil Nadu             |    24 |
| 16.      | Telangana              |     9 |
| 17.      | Uttar Pradesh          |    11 |
| 18.      | Uttarakhand            |     4 |
| 19.      | West Bengal            |     4 |
|          | Total                  |   247 |

Annexure-V State-wise details of Producers registered on the EPR portal E-Waste Management

| S. no   | State / UT          |   No. |
|---------|---------------------|-------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh      |    68 |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh   |     1 |
| 3.      | Assam               |    23 |
| 4.      | Bihar               |    14 |
| 5.      | Chandigarh          |    18 |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh        |    27 |
| 7.      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |    13 |
| 8.      | Daman& Diu          |     6 |
| 9.      | Delhi               |  1554 |
| 10.     | Goa                 |    20 |
| 11.     | Gujarat             |   625 |
| 12.     | Haryana             |   761 |
| 13.     | Himachal Pradesh    |    37 |
| 14.     | Jammu &Kashmir      |    14 |
| 15.     | Jharkhand           |    11 |
| 16.     | Karnataka           |   889 |
| 17.     | Kerala              |   147 |
| 18.     | Madhya Pradesh      |    91 |
| 19.     | Maharashtra         |  2156 |
| 20.     | Manipur             |     1 |
| 21.     | Meghalaya           |     1 |
| 22.     | Mizoram             |     1 |
| 23.     | Nagaland            |     1 |
| 24.     | Odisha              |    34 |
| 25.     | Punjab              |   123 |
| 26.     | Rajasthan           |   181 |
| 27.     | Tamil Nadu          |  1024 |
| 28.     | Telangana           |   271 |
| 29.     | Tripura             |     1 |
| 30.     | UT Of Puducherry    |    10 |
| 31.     | Uttar Pradesh       |   619 |
| 32.     | Uttarakhand         |    42 |
| 33.     | West Bengal         |   379 |
|         | Total               |  9163 |