The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB),
statutory organisation, was constituted in September, 1974 under the Water
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.
Further, CPCB was entrusted with the powers and functions under the Air (Prevention
and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. It
serves as a field formation and also provides technical services to the Ministry of
Environment and Forests of the provisions
of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. Principal functions of the CPCB, as spelt
out in the Water (Prevention and Control
of Pollution) Act, 1974, and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,
1981. (i) to promote cleanliness of streams and
wells in different areas of the States by prevention, control and abatement of water
pollution, and (ii) to improve the quality
of air and to prevent, control or abate air pollution in the country. CPCB has been
assigned duties as per schedule IX of the
Hazardous and Other Waste (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules,
2022.
Hazardous and Other Waste (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules,
2022:
Hazardous and Other Waste (M and TM) Amendment Rules, 2022 Is applicable to every
producer, recycler and retreader involved in
manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, collection, storage and processing of
Tyre/Waste Tyre.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Obligation:
The management of Waste tyre is regulated under the frame work of Schedule IX of
Hazardous and Other Waste (M and TM)
Amendment Rules, 2022. The management of waste tyre is primarily based on the
principal of Extended Producer Responsibility
(EPR) obligation. Under EPR obligation, the producers of tyre/ waste tyre have been
given annual waste tyre recycling targets
based on manufacturing or import of tyre/ waste tyre as the case may be and have to
purchase EPR certificate/ Retreading
certificate from authorized Recyclers / Retreaders through online portal.
On-line Waste Tyre Management System:
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) of
producers are regulated through fulfilment of
EPR obligation. For EPR obligation producers as defined below are required to apply
in online portal as per Hazardous Waste
(M & TM) Amendment Rules, 2022. This Portal for Waste Tyre Management System is an
on-line portal where all the stakeholders
like producer, recycler and retreader are required to register themselves. The
present module is EPR obligation module
limited to online submission of information by Producers and generation of EPR
obligation.
As per the above said rules ‘Producer’ means any person or entity who: (i)
manufactures and sells new tyre domestically; or
(ii) sells domestically under its own brand, new tyre manufactured by other
manufacturers or suppliers; or (iii) sells imported
new tyre; or (iv) imports vehicles fitted with new tyres; or (v) automobile
manufacturers importing new tyre for use in new
vehicles sold domestically; or (vi) imports waste tyre;