For circular economy, India plans EPR rules for other sectors

New Delhi: India is planning to expand the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) guidelines to other sectors to create a circular economy, a senior government official said Monday.

"We have identified 10-11 sectors with the help of Niti Aayog and hope to implement these circular economy policies (part of EPR) in other sectors as well," said Ved Prakash Mishra, Joint Secretary, ministry of environment, forest & climate change (MoEF&CC) at a FICCI event. "We cannot rely anymore on the take, make and dispose model. It is imperative for us to adopt, and we no longer have any other option as of now," said Mishra. EPR holds producers accountable for the entire lifecycle of their products, including end-of-life management and waste disposal.