What's the actual step-by-step to register for EPR on the CPCB portal?
The short answer
You register directly on CPCB's Centralised EPR Portal for Plastic Packaging, picking the PIBO category that matches your business, then upload GST certificate, PAN, CIN, and your plastic packaging data, how much and which category (rigid, flexible, multi-layered, etc.) you're putting into the market each year. CPCB's own guidance manual walks the screens, and a screen-recorded walkthrough is worth 20 minutes before you start since the portal's category logic isn't obvious on a first pass. Budget documentation time upfront, most delays come from incomplete packaging-category data, not the portal itself.
A quick summary to orient you. The real value is below: the resources worth your time, from people who've actually done it, not us.
Here are the resources
Hand-picked from around the web, each with a note on why it earns your time. India-specific ones carry a badge.
Why we picked it
A screen-recorded click-through of the actual CPCB portal, worth watching once before you sit down to file, since the category logic isn't self-explanatory on a first visit.
Why we picked it
CPCB's own screen-by-screen manual for the portal, the most authoritative reference for exactly what data and documents each field expects, straight from the regulator rather than a third-party filing service.
Why we picked it
A clear plain-language breakdown of who counts as a PIBO, what documents to prepare, and realistic timelines, the pre-read before you open the actual CPCB portal.
Why we picked it
The actual government portal where every D2C brand using plastic packaging in India registers and files, every consultant's guide is just annotation on top of this page, so bookmark it before you pay anyone to help you.
