CPCB EPR portals explained: which one to use for plastic, e-waste and batteries, and how to register and file

There is no single EPR portal. Each set of rules has its own centralised CPCB portal, its own login and its own registration number. The e-waste rules expressly exclude batteries and packaging plastics, which are handled under their own rules^[8], so the three are separate obligations even for one product.

Use only the official domains, which all end in cpcb.gov.in. The official e-waste portal is the "E-Waste Management System" at eprewaste.cpcb.gov.in^[1]. Watch out: CPCB's own April 2023 e-waste SOP names a different web address that is not on gov.in. When we checked on 30 October 2026, that address served an ad-supported blog with no CPCB branding^[1]. Do not enter credentials or pay fees anywhere except a cpcb.gov.in address.

Through CPCB's Single Sign-On at epr.cpcb.gov.in, which now gives access to all its EPR portals; FAQs and user manuals sit on that common SSO portal^[13]. For plastic packaging, CPCB is reported to have shut the separate Centralized EPR Portal for Plastic Packaging (eprplastic.cpcb.gov.in) on 28 June 2026 and moved its functions and users' data to the Common EPR Portal from 1 July 2026^[2]. We could not open the CPCB notice itself, so check the login page for current instructions.

Inside each portal the login is still by role. On the battery portal you choose Producer, Recycler or Refurbisher and sign in with email ID and password; producers sign up as an Importer or a Manufacturer^[13]. KYC differs by stream:

• Plastic: PAN, GST and CIN of the company, and the Aadhaar and PAN of the authorised person^[4].
• Battery: PDF copies of the company's PAN, CIN and GST^[12]; a proprietorship or partnership enters the authorised person's PAN^[14].
• E-waste: sales by weight for each financial year over the product's average life, plus self-declarations^[7].

If the authorised person has left and nobody can reach the registered email, use 'Lost Credentials' on the login page to request an update of the authorised person's details^[13]. The battery portal also has an 'Edit Sales Data & Account Unblock' service^[13].

Usually two or three: battery EPR for any product with a battery, e-waste EPR for products in Schedule I, and plastic EPR for the packaging of almost every import^[12][8][9].

Where Schedule I does not name a product, there is no official CPCB mapping we could find; ask CPCB before choosing an EEE code. Small importers should also read EPR for small importers.

All PIBOs apply on the same portal, which is now reported to be the Common EPR Portal at epr.cpcb.gov.in rather than the old eprplastic.cpcb.gov.in site^[2]. Existing users are asked to check their migrated data. If you operate in more than two states or UTs, CPCB registers you; if one or two, your SPCB or PCC does^[4]. Each role (importer, producer, brand owner) and each state needs its own registration^[4]. Detailed rules are on our plastic EPR page.

Producers, including anyone who offers imported EEE for sale^[8], must register on the portal before doing business, and registered entities may not deal with unregistered ones^[8]. More on the rules is on our e-waste EPR page.

Importers of batteries and of equipment containing batteries are producers and must register with CPCB before importing; registrations under the old 2001 rules are no longer valid^[12]. See battery EPR.

Form 1(A) is the producer application on the battery portal, and the registration itself is issued in Form 1(B)^[6]. CPCB's FAQ answers the questions importers get wrong most often:

• Whose brand to enter. An importer enters its own brand names, not the brand names of the imported battery^[14].
• No separate EPR certificate. There is no other registration certificate; Form 1(B) is it^[14].
• Old registrations. Registrations under the 2001 rules are not valid; register afresh^[14].
• In-house use. A company importing batteries for its own use must register, has EPR obligations and files annual returns by 30 June^[14].
• Dealers. A dealer selling under its own brand is a producer; one selling under the manufacturer's brand need not register^[14].

CPCB must register a producer within two weeks of a complete application, after which registration is deemed^[6]. Once registered, mark the EPR registration number on batteries^[6], or use the QR option allowed since 2025^[15]. Targets are on our battery EPR targets page.

Each portal works on fixed clocks: plastic applications are processed in 15 days, battery in two weeks, and e-waste shortcomings are flagged within 25 working days with 7 working days to reply^[5][6][7].

Increasingly, yes. CPCB has written to CBIC asking Customs to verify battery registration certificates (23 December 2022) and plastic packaging EPR registration (13 June 2025) when clearing importers' consignments^[16][17].

In practice that means the registration should exist before the goods ship, not after they land. Keep a PDF of the battery Form 1(B) and the plastic registration with your shipping documents, and give them to your customs broker for upload with the bill of entry on ICEGATE. The e-waste rules also bar registered entities from dealing with unregistered ones^[8], so marketplaces and distributors may ask for the number too.

Our customs clearance documents checklist lists what else travels with the shipment, and why shipments get held at Indian ports covers what happens when a registration is missing.

Producers meet targets by buying EPR certificates on the portal from registered recyclers (and, for plastic, processors), within a price band CPCB sets at 30% to 100% of the environmental compensation^{[8][18][19][9]}.

Plastic surplus certificates can be used only within the same category^[4]. The battery portal says certificate transfers have resumed and are operational^[13]. Read our EPR certificate glossary entry and the e-waste targets and plastic targets pages to size your purchase.

Deadlines do move. The government can relax e-waste return deadlines by up to nine months under rule 9A^[18] and battery deadlines by up to nine months under rule 14(6)^[6]. Battery returns have been extended for each of the last three years^[20][21], most recently FY 2025-26 to 30 November 2026^[10]. We could not confirm any extension order for plastic returns for FY 2024-25 or FY 2025-26. See EPR annual returns.

Each portal collects its own fee. In short: plastic Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000 by tonnage^[5]; e-waste Rs 2,500 to Rs 15,00,000 by recycling target^[7] plus Rs 5,000 annual maintenance^[7]; batteries Rs 10,000 to Rs 40,000 by turnover^[3]. Certificates bought on the portals must be priced within a band of 30% to 100% of the environmental compensation rate^[9][18][19]. The full breakdown is on our EPR registration cost page.

For batteries call 011-43102350 or email [email protected] (9:30 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday); for e-waste write to [email protected] or call 43102317^[13][22].

The battery portal also has 'Create Ticket'^[13] and a daily video-conference slot from 4 pm to 5 pm, Monday to Saturday, for registration and certificate issues^[13]. Both teams sit at Parivesh Bhawan, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi^[22]. We could not read a plastic portal helpline from the official pages, so use the SSO portal's FAQs and manuals first^[13]. If you would rather hand the filing to a specialist, see EPR consultants or ask us for a free compliance check.

Login moved to a single sign-on, plastic EPR was reported to move onto the Common EPR Portal, and several deadlines and duties changed; the dated list is below^[13].

A trader importing laptops with turnover under Rs 5 crore, a sales history that puts its e-waste recycling target under 50 tonnes, and packaging well under 1,000 tonnes a year registers on three portals.

That is Rs 30,000 in portal fees in the first year, before buying any EPR certificates. The bigger cost is certificates: laptops are ITEW3^[8], and the e-waste target is a share of past sales by weight. Price it with our compliance cost estimator and the EPR registration cost page, and follow the EPR registration checklist.

• Whether CPCB has replaced the March 2022 plastic SOP's fees and its one-year and three-year validity rules after the 2024 amendment.
• Any extension of plastic annual return deadlines for FY 2024-25 or FY 2025-26.
• How the e-waste portal classifies products not named in Schedule I^[8].
• A current CPCB battery fee schedule later than the SOP whose cover is dated February 2022^[3].
• The helpline numbers, OTP rules and status names inside the plastic and e-waste portals. Both are JavaScript applications whose screens we could not read from the public pages, apart from the e-waste contact block^[22]. Treat any status label you see there as CPCB's own wording and ask the helpdesk if it is unclear.

If you have an official document on any of these, please send it through our contact page.