Workshop and Release of Reports: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Plastic Packaging in India

Recent reports suggest that amount of plastic waste produced globally is set to triple, with less than 20 per cent of it being recycled by 2060. In 2022, India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) introduced the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Policy built on the principle of “polluter pays” to deal with the menace of plastic packaging waste. The last two years of the EPR regime has been eventful in terms of getting the Producer-Importer-Brand Owners (PIBOs) and Plastic Waste Processors (PWPs) registered on a centralised portal with collection, recycling and re-use targets.

Two new study reports by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) have delved deep into the Indian EPR regime to examine its design and efficacy, the challenges it faces, and the opportunities that it potentially lays bare. These two studies can prove invaluable for official agencies like the MoEFCC in further strengthening the EPR system and its stakeholders.

CSE is organising a halfday workshop in New Delhi to bring together experts, regulators, practitioners and other stakeholders involved in the EPR system for the plastic packaging sector: the aim is to officially release the two reports, as well as have a comprehensive discussion on the current status, challenges and opportunities of the EPR system.

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For more details, please contact:

Aniket Chandra 
Senior Research Associate
Solid Waste and Circular Economy Unit
M - 9582453848
aniket.chandra@cseindia.org

Shrotik Bose
Research Associate
Solid Waste and Circular Economy Unit
M - 9614489145
shrotik.bose@cseindia.org