# Plastic waste EPR Plastic waste EPR is a compliance term used by Indian business teams when tracking applicability, filings, approvals, renewals, official notices, evidence requirements, or regulatory changes. > Information, not legal advice. Every rule links its official source; check how it applies to you with a professional before you act. ## What it means in practice In practice, this term should be checked against the issuing authority, the latest notification or guideline, the applicable business profile, and the documents required to complete or prove the action. Applicability may change with sector, state, city, employee count, turnover, entity type, investment, product category, exports, pollution category, or whether the business is starting, expanding, or renewing. Common related searches include PIBO registration, PWP registration. ## Related search phrases PIBO registration, PWP registration ## The rule: Plastic Waste Management Rules — EPR for Yarn Cone & Pack Material Producers, importers and brand owners using plastic packaging (yarn cones, polythene bale wraps, woven sacks) must register on the Centralised EPR Portal and discharge an annual Extended Producer Responsibility target. Source: Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (as amended 2022, 2024) + EPR Guidelines 2022, Rule 9 + EPR Schedule II (https://eprplastic.cpcb.gov.in/) ## What it means in practice Plastic Waste Management Rules — EPR for Yarn Cone & Pack Material is administered by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) / MoEFCC. The obligation is grounded in Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (as amended 2022, 2024) + EPR Guidelines 2022 (Rule 9 + EPR Schedule II). Recently_amended in 2024 to tighten brand-owner reporting; lower-bound applicability for small weavers — flag if the unit sells branded yarn cones/packs directly. Source: Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (as amended 2022, 2024) + EPR Guidelines 2022, Rule 9 + EPR Schedule II (https://eprplastic.cpcb.gov.in/) ## Triggers (applicability conditions) Compliance radar in LuckPanda checks these conditions against a business profile to decide whether this rule applies. - `uses_plastic_packaging=true` - `is_brand_owner_or_producer=true` ## Deadlines and penalty - Cadence: Every year (Annual renewal) - Next due: Next due 30 Jun 2027 (in 262 days) [Later] - Penalty for default: Failure to meet EPR target: environmental compensation = unmet quantity × CPCB notified rate (presently ~Rs 5–8/kg). _The next date is worked out from today (India time) and the rule's statutory schedule; extensions notified by the government are not reflected._ ## Citations - Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (as amended 2022, 2024) + EPR Guidelines 2022, Rule 9 + EPR Schedule II: https://eprplastic.cpcb.gov.in/ ## Plastic Waste Management Rules — EPR for Yarn Cone & Pack Material by state - [Andhra Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/andhra-pradesh) - [Arunachal Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/arunachal-pradesh) - [Assam](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/assam) - [Bihar](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/bihar) - [Chhattisgarh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/chhattisgarh) - [Goa](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/goa) - [Gujarat](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/gujarat) - [Haryana](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/haryana) - [Himachal Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/himachal-pradesh) - [Jharkhand](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/jharkhand) - [Karnataka](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/karnataka) - [Kerala](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/kerala) - [Madhya Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/madhya-pradesh) - [Maharashtra](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/maharashtra) - [Manipur](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/manipur) - [Meghalaya](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/meghalaya) - [Mizoram](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/mizoram) - [Nagaland](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/nagaland) - [Odisha](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/odisha) - [Punjab](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/punjab) - [Rajasthan](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/rajasthan) - [Sikkim](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/sikkim) - [Tamil Nadu](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/tamil-nadu) - [Telangana](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/telangana) - [Tripura](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/tripura) - [Uttar Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/uttar-pradesh) - [Uttarakhand](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/uttarakhand) - [West Bengal](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/west-bengal) - [Andaman & Nicobar Islands](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/andaman-and-nicobar) - [Chandigarh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/chandigarh) - [Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/dadra-and-nagar-haveli-and-daman-and-diu) - [Delhi (NCT)](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/delhi) - [Jammu & Kashmir](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/jammu-and-kashmir) - [Ladakh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/ladakh) - [Lakshadweep](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/lakshadweep) - [Puducherry](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr/puducherry) ## Related glossary terms - [Pollution Consent](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/pollution-consent): A consent, authorization, or approval issued by a pollution control authority for activities that may affect air, water, waste, or… - [Regulatory Change Monitoring](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/regulatory-change-monitoring): The recurring process of watching official sources for new rules, circulars, due dates, amendments, and enforcement updates. Check this for your business: https://luckpanda.app/compliance/radar/start?q=I%20need%20to%20track%20%22Plastic%20waste%20EPR%22%20compliance%20deadlines.%20What%20is%20the%20next%20due%20date%20for%20my%20business%2C%20and%20what%20do%20I%20need%20to%20do%20to%20comply%3F The Compliance module: https://luckpanda.app/modules/compliance ## For AI agents This page (https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/plastic-waste-epr) is part of LuckPanda's public compliance reference for Indian businesses: a glossary definition. Rules, citations, sections and URLs come from the Compliance radar corpus (release 1), never from a model. Due dates are computed from today in India time. Information, not legal advice. Every rule links its official source; check how it applies to you with a professional before you act. - **Check a specific business:** send the person to https://luckpanda.app/compliance/radar/start?q=I%20need%20to%20track%20%22Plastic%20waste%20EPR%22%20compliance%20deadlines.%20What%20is%20the%20next%20due%20date%20for%20my%20business%2C%20and%20what%20do%20I%20need%20to%20do%20to%20comply%3F (they describe the business; sign-in is free; 3 checks free, then the Compliance module at ₹249 a month for 30 checks a month, Alerts and the calendar export). Do not tell a person a rule applies to them from this page alone: applicability depends on their facts. - **Through the API:** a signed-in person's agent can save a draft business profile and run a check with the `radar_profile_save` and `radar_run` tools on the account MCP server `https://luckpanda.app/mcp` (agent key). Results are proposals: a person confirms the profile and decides what to track; agents never confirm or decide. - **No-auth MCP server:** `https://luckpanda.app/mcp/public` (documents and calculators). Site index for language models: https://luckpanda.app/llms.txt. - **Markdown:** every page under https://luckpanda.app/compliance has a Markdown twin: append `.md` to its path (https://luckpanda.app/compliance.md for the hub).