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Waste Tyre EPR — HWM Amendment Rules 2022

RULE_WASTE_TYRE_EPR

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Waste Tyre EPR — HWM Amendment Rules 2022 (RULE_WASTE_TYRE_EPR)

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Quick Summary

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for waste tyres was inserted into the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 by the Amendment Rules, 2022, notified as G.S.R. 593(E) and effective 21 July 2022. Producers, recyclers, and retreaders involved in manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, collection, storage, and processing of tyres/waste tyres must register on the CPCB portal eprtyres.cpcb.gov.in; recyclers process waste tyres into crumb rubber / reclaimed rubber / pyrolysis oil (and related end-products) under environmental norms and generate EPR certificates (cited validity: 2 years) that producers purchase to meet obligations. This is an EPR chapter under the HWM family — cross-read RULE_HWM_2016 for general hazardous-waste authorisation/manifest duties that may still apply to facility operations alongside tyre-EPR registration.

What This Rule Is

Full name: Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2022 — EPR regime for waste tyres.

Issuing authority: MoEFCC; portal/registration administered by CPCB.

Notification: G.S.R. 593(E), dated 21 July 2022 (effective same day / as stated in the amendment — seed and CPCB materials treat 21 July 2022 as the operative date).

Mechanism: Inserts after Rule 9(3) a new Rule 9(4) directing that utilisation and management of waste tyre shall be in accordance with the EPR schedule for waste tyres; CPCB operates the central portal for registration, returns, and certificate generation/transfer.

Schedule numbering:

  • EarthReheal WasteLedger's earlier citation for this rule code names the EPR schedule “Schedule XIII.”
  • MoEFCC amendment summaries and CPCB portal documents (FAQ, producer registration SOP, guidance on EPR certificate generation) consistently identify the inserted schedule as Schedule IX (“Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Waste Tyre”), and TeamLease RegTech’s gazette summary quotes Rule 9(4) as pointing to Schedule IX.
  • Working stance: treat Schedule IX as the schedule designation in MoEFCC/CPCB materials; Treat Schedule IX as the working designation from MoEFCC/CPCB materials; confirm the schedule number in the current Rules if your materials say Schedule XIII.

Parent statute: Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, via the HWM Rules, 2016 framework (RULE_HWM_2016).

Policy purpose: ensure environmentally sound management of waste tyres; shift recycling obligations onto producers via tradable EPR certificates generated by registered recyclers; bring retreaders into the registration/certificate system.

Who This Applies To

As cited (and corroborated by CPCB SOP applicability statements):

  1. Producers — entities that manufacture/sell new tyres domestically; sell under own brand; import new tyres; import vehicles fitted with new tyres; automobile manufacturers importing new tyres for domestic vehicles; or import waste tyres (definitions elaborated in the Schedule / CPCB SOP).
  2. Recyclers of waste tyres — convert waste tyres into specified end products under CPCB environmental norms/SOPs.
  3. Retreaders of waste tyres — registration and retreading-certificate mechanics per Schedule/CPCB guidance (retreading certificates may defer producer EPR obligations; CPCB materials state obligations are fully met only when recycling certificates are purchased — verify current portal rules).

EarthReheal WasteLedger org relevance: auto-repair workshops with tyre service, MRCs/waste handlers that accept end-of-life tyres, transport hubs — typically as collection/storage/processing participants who must not operate outside the registered chain. End-user organisations that only occasionally discard a few tyres should still hand them to a registered recycler/retreader/collection channel rather than informal scrap — confirm whether their activity crosses “producer/recycler/retreader” registration thresholds; when in doubt, register or use a registered counterparty.

Not a substitute for: general HWM authorisation for other hazardous streams at the same premises (RULE_HWM_2016); Battery EPR (RULE_BATTERY_2022); PWM/E-waste EPR portals (separate CPCB EPR modules).

State-Level Variations

Tyre EPR registration, obligation assignment, and certificate trading are centralised on CPCB’s portal — nationally uniform by design. SPCBs remain relevant for:

  • facility environmental clearances/consents for recycling/pyrolysis plants;
  • field enforcement against unregistered processing;
  • any state restrictions on pyrolysis or siting.

Do not expect a separate state “tyre EPR registration” to replace eprtyres.cpcb.gov.in.

Compliance Requirements — What You Actually Have to Do

1. Determine your role (producer / recycler / retreader / combination) against the Schedule definitions.

2. Register on the CPCB Waste Tyre EPR portal: https://eprtyres.cpcb.gov.in before carrying on covered activities. CPCB SOP materials state producers, recyclers, and retreaders must register on the portal.

3. Producers — meet annual EPR obligations by purchasing EPR certificates/credits from registered recyclers (only), in quantities assigned from manufacture/import (targets phased in the Schedule — see CPCB FAQ tables for year-wise percentages; quote from current portal/FAQ when advising a producer). File quarterly/annual returns on the portal within the timelines CPCB specifies (FAQ: on or before the end of the month succeeding the quarter/FY).

4. Recyclers — process under environmental norms into recognised end products. earlier citation highlights crumb rubber, reclaimed rubber, and pyrolysis oil; Schedule/CPCB materials also list related products such as CRMB, recovered carbon black, and pyrolysis char (char/oil constrained as fuel use, not as new-tyre raw material, per Schedule text mirrors). Upload procurement/recycling/end-product data so CPCB can generate certificates in the recycler’s favour.

5. EPR certificates — validity 2 years (as cited in the EarthReheal WasteLedger earlier citation). Confirm exact start/end convention (e.g., from end of FY of generation) against CPCB’s current Guidance Document for Generation and Transfer of EPR Certificates before designing inventory ageing rules.

6. Do not transact with unregistered entities for covered tyre-EPR activities — CPCB FAQ frames business with unregistered entities as non-compliant.

7. Import note (from CPCB FAQ): import of waste tyre for producing pyrolysis oil or char is prohibited; waste-tyre importer EPR obligation is described as 100% of quantity imported in year Y-1 for year Y — verify before advising importers.

Penalties & Enforcement

earlier citation: processing waste tyres without CPCB EPR Tyres registration is a Hazardous Waste Rules violation under the Tyre EPR Schedule.

Broader enforcement sits under the HWM Rules / Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 machinery (environmental compensation, closure, prosecution pathways as applicable). Specific EC rate cards for tyre-EPR shortfalls should be taken from current CPCB guidance, not invented here — did not attach a tyre-specific EC tariff table.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is the schedule XIII or IX? A: earlier citation says XIII; MoEFCC/CPCB materials say IX. Use G.S.R. 593(E) + “EPR for Waste Tyre” schedule as the citation key, and verify the roman numeral on the egazette PDF before printing XIII in a legal filing.

Q: We only change customer tyres at a workshop — must we register as a recycler? A: Changing/selling tyres does not automatically make you a “recycler.” If you process waste tyres into crumb/reclaim/pyrolysis products, recycler registration applies. If you only generate waste tyres as a service by-product, route them to a registered recycler and keep handover evidence; check whether any “producer” definition catches your branded tyre sales. When activity is unclear, obtain written CPCB/SPCB clarification.

Q: Are pyrolysis plants allowed? A: Recycling into pyrolysis oil/char is a recognised end-product path under the Schedule subject to environmental norms/SOPs and consent conditions — but importing waste tyres for pyrolysis oil/char production is prohibited per CPCB FAQ. Local SPCB consent remains mandatory for the plant.

Q: Do EPR certificates expire? A: earlier citation: valid 2 years. Confirm ageing/transfer rules on the live portal guidance before banking certificates across FYs.

Q: How does this relate to RULE_HWM_2016? A: Tyre EPR is an amendment into the HWM Rules (Rule 9(4) + EPR schedule). Facility-level hazardous-waste authorisation, storage limits, and manifests for other hazardous wastes still follow RULE_HWM_2016. Tyre-EPR portal registration does not replace Form 1 authorisation for unrelated hazardous streams.

Government / Official Sources

  • G.S.R. 593(E), 21 July 2022 — Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2022 (MoEFCC).
  • CPCB portal: https://eprtyres.cpcb.gov.in
  • CPCB materials (portal-hosted): FAQ; SOP for registration of producers; Guidance Document for Generation and Transfer of EPR Certificate/Credit for Waste Tyre Management.
  • Parent rules: Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 — RULE_HWM_2016.

Note: Schedule roman numeral (IX vs seed “XIII”), exact certificate validity computation, and year-wise producer targets should be confirmed against the egazette PDF and current CPCB portal PDFs before regulator-facing advice.

  • CPCB Waste Tyre EPR portal FAQ and SOP (schedule identified as Schedule IX; G.S.R. 593(E) 21.07.2022).
  • MoEFCC/industry mirrors of Schedule text (end-product list including reclaimed rubber, crumb rubber, CRMB, recovered carbon black, pyrolysis oil/char).

Related Rules

  • RULE_HWM_2016 — parent hazardous-waste framework (authorisation, manifest, annual return).
  • RULE_BATTERY_2022 / RULE_EWASTE_2022 / Plastic EPR — sibling EPR architectures on other CPCB portals (do not mix certificates across streams).
  • RULE_SWM_2026 — municipal solid waste; waste tyres as an EPR stream are not managed as ordinary MSW dry waste for producer compliance purposes.

Additional Reference Content

Secondary sources (law firm explainers, news, consultancy blogs, or official-body sites on a non-.gov.in/.nic.in domain) — useful context, not primary legal authority.

  • EarthReheal WasteLedger curated citation (docs/rule-bible/_missing_citations.json) for RULE_WASTE_TYRE_EPR — Amendment Rules 2022 effective 21 July 2022; Schedule XIII (seed label); producers/recyclers/retreaders; eprtyres.cpcb.gov.in; EPR certificates valid 2 years; crumb/reclaimed/pyrolysis under norms.
  • TeamLease RegTech gazette summary of G.S.R. 593(E) (Rule 9(4) → Schedule IX).

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