Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) generates the target on its portal from the quantity the registered entity places on the market, not from the quantity of waste it handles: plastic packaging sold over the preceding financial years, electrical and electronic equipment placed in the market in year Y minus X where X is the average life of that product, and battery placed in the market in the reference year set for that battery type.
For the year 2023–2024,
The recovery target for Plastic waste is 100%.
For 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 the e-waste recycling target is 60%
Each type of battery, such as Portable, Automobile, Industrial, and Electric vehicle batteries, has a particular recovery target.
For year 2023-2024,
The recovery target for Automotive and Industrial batteries is 50%;
and for Portable batteries used in rechargeable consumer electronics it is 60%. Electric vehicle batteries carried no target that year: the e-rickshaw compliance cycle opens in 2024-25, two-wheelers in 2026-27 and four-wheelers in 2029-30.
Category-wise target tables for plastic, e-waste and batteries sit on the EPR Solutions page.
Updated 28 July 2026 — Target basis clarified and the electric-vehicle position separated from portable batteries, against the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 and the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022.