India, Feb. 10 -- The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has released a draft notification proposing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging made from paper, glass, and metal, as well as sanitary products.

The notification arrives a year after Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released a comprehensive report in December 2023 to address the same concerns.

The CSE publication proposed developing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) guidelines for paper waste to reduce dependency on imported wastepaper and increase the use of domestically available raw materials.

Historically, management of waste generated from materials like paper, glass and metal has fallen under the ambit of the ...