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ENVIRONMENT NEWS

MOEFC Extends EPR Annual Return Filing Deadline For

Battery, E-Waste And Waste Tyres

he Ministry of Environment, Forest and tal, the deadline for filing quarterly and annual
Climate Change (MoEFCC), in coordina- returns for FY 2025–26 has been extended up
Ttion with the Central Pollution Control to 30 September 2026. The extension has been
Board (CPCB), has extended the deadline for fil- made under Rule 9A of the E-Waste (Manage-
ing Annual Returns for Financial Year 2025–26 ment) Rules, 2022, as amended in 2024.
under the Extended Producer Responsibility Waste Tyre EPR
(EPR) framework for Battery Waste, E-Waste
and Waste Tyres. Similarly, the filing deadline for quarterly and an-
nual returns for FY 2025–26 on the Waste Tyre
The extension has been issued following re- EPR Portal has been extended to 30 September
quests from producers and recyclers citing op- 2026. The extension applies to registered pro-
erational and technical challenges in compiling, ducers and recyclers under the EPR framework
reconciling and submitting compliance-related for waste tyres.
data through the respective centralized EPR What Stakeholders Should Do
portals.
Producers, recyclers and other registered enti-
Key Deadlines ties should use the additional time to:

Waste EPR Portal Revised Filing FY ♦ Reconcile FY 2025–26 production, import,
Category Deadline
recycling and EPR data.
Battery Waste Battery EPR 30 November 2025–26
Portal 2026
♦ Verify the data uploaded on the respective
E-Waste E-Waste EPR 30 September 2025–26
Portal 2026 EPR portals.
Waste Tyres Waste Tyre 30 September 2025–26
EPR Portal 2026 ♦ Complete pending quarterly and annual re-
turns.
Battery Waste EPR
The Ministry has extended the Annual Return ♦ Ensure EPR certificates/credits and compli-
filing deadline for producers under the Battery ance records are properly accounted for.
Waste Management Rules, 2022 from the earlier ♦ Submit the Annual Return before the revised
deadline to 30 November 2026 for FY 2025–26. deadline applicable to their waste category.
The decision was taken following CPCB's re-
quest citing operational and technical difficulties Source - Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ministry
in timely compilation and reconciliation of com- of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government
of India
pliance data on the centralized EPR Portal.

E-Waste EPR

For entities registered on the E-Waste EPR Por-

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