The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is preparing a common Extended Producer Responsibility portal to streamline compliance, improve traceability and scale India's recycling ecosystem. The unified platform is being developed to integrate multiple waste streams and to address operational bottlenecks identified through stakeholder consultations. It is expected to be more user friendly and responsive to producers, recyclers and regulators.

The EPR framework now spans plastics, e-waste, batteries and tyres, with digital certification systems intended to improve transparency and the tracking of recycling outcomes. Officials at the Central Pollution Control Board have outlined a shift under the E-Waste Management Rules, 2022 from a collection based approach to a recycling based system covering 100 categories of electronic equipment. The shift is presented as part of a broader move to deepen reliance on EPR as a central policy tool to advance a circular economy.

Stakeholders expect the portal to expand participation, with estimates suggesting it could onboard up to five million (mn) users across the solid waste management ecosystem, representing a major step in digitising compliance and market mechanisms. The Centre for Science and Environment welcomed the integration of GST and EPR while urging that the system provide public access so researchers and think tanks can independently assess progress and identify implementation challenges. The portal's success is described as dependent on transparency and effective data access.

Industry bodies urged a dedicated national framework or a nodal authority to tackle structural inefficiencies, citing frequent administrative transfers, fragmented governance and inconsistent regulatory interpretation as barriers to implementation. NITI Aayog emphasised institutionalisation, stable demand for recycled materials and better integration of the informal sector as priorities for resource efficiency and industrial competitiveness. Officials and industry agree that execution, enforcement and ecosystem development must now follow policy design if the portal is to address fragmentation and improve accountability.