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EcoTrace by Pantheon Digital' is the only EPR compliance software in India that covers all five CPCB-regulated waste categories — Plastic, E-Waste, Battery, Tyre, and Used Oil — under one unified platform. Stop managing compliance across spreadsheets and disconnected portals. Automate everything, from liability calculation to annual return filing.
Hard-form plastic that holds its shape without contents. Highest recyclability. Subject to reuse obligations for brand owners.
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Single or multilayer flexible films and sheets. Includes carry bags above 75 microns. High volume for FMCG sachets and pouches.
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Two or more layers where at least one is plastic and one is non-plastic. Hardest to recycle. Fewest registered recyclers. Most expensive certificates.
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Certified compostable plastic carry bags and packaging meeting BIS standards. No URep requirement. Low volume for most companies.
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Added via 2025 and 2026 amendments. Plastic packaging used in industrial, agricultural, and B2B contexts. Previously overlooked — now in scope.
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EcoTrace is the only platform in India that handles Plastic, E-Waste, Battery, Tyre, and Used Oil EPR under one roof.
Despite the law being in force, most Indian companies are still managing EPR compliance through spreadsheets, email chains, and manual CPCB portal entries. Here is what that looks like:
Finance teams spending 3–5 working days every month manually calculating EPR liability from sales data across multiple SKUs, states, and categories
No real-time visibility into certificate gaps — shortfalls discovered only 2–3 weeks before 30 June, leading to panic purchases at 2–3× normal certificate prices
Recycler agreements, capacity limits, CPCB certificate IDs, and GST invoice reconciliation managed through email and physical files with no system of record
Annual return preparation takes 2–4 weeks — compiling state-wise data, certificate IDs, invoice numbers, and entity-wise consumption across subsidiaries and business units
New URep obligation from FY 2025–26 adds another layer of calculation and declaration that most companies have no system to track
No audit trail — when CPCB or SPCBs request documentation during third-party audits, teams scramble to piece together evidence from disconnected sources
Most companies spend 200+ man-hours on EPR returns. We reduce that to 15 minutes of automated data validation.
Pantheon Digital Pvt. Ltd. was founded with one conviction: that India's environmental compliance landscape was broken not because companies didn't want to comply, but because the tools to comply simply didn't exist.
Regulators had built portals. Consultants offered advice. But no one had built the software layer that could sit between a company's internal operations and the CPCB portal automating everything in between.That gap was where Pantheon Digital chose to build.
Incorporated as a technology company focused on regulatory compliance software, combining expertise in SaaS, environmental law, and CPCB portal operations.
EcoTrace was built from the ground up as our flagship platform — purpose-built for CPCB's specific workflows and certificate types.
Successfully deployed for a leading pan-India FMCG enterprise, shaping the modules that now power the entire platform.
India's only unified platform covering all five CPCB categories: Plastic, E-Waste, Battery, Tyre, and Used Oil.
EcoTrace serves clients across FMCG, pharma, electronics, automotive, and industrial sectors. Pantheon Digital is the only technology company in India to have built a production-grade, end-to-end EPR compliance platform across all five CPCB EPR categories.
React.js · Spring Boot · PostgreSQL · AWS Mumbai · DPDP Act 2023 Compliant · 99.5% Uptime
Built on enterprise-grade AWS infrastructure to ensure security and scalability for India's largest producers.
There are consultants who help you file. There are portals where you enter data. But there is only one company that has built software to automate the entire lifecycle.
Not an adapted foreign software. Every calculation, certificate type, and rule change is built natively for India.
Covers all five CPCB categories — Plastic, E-Waste, Battery, Tyre, and Used Oil — under one unified login.
No manual entry. Sales data flows from ERP, liability calculated automatically, returns generated in one click.
DPDP Act 2023 compliant. AWS Mumbai hosting, JWT auth, and pre-signed S3 document storage.
Tracks every amendment across all categories. Updated natively before your next compliance deadline.
Dedicated team for ERP integration, weight matrix config, and vendor migration over 6 months.
Compliance experts stay with you through every return cycle, ensuring zero shortfall and portal sync.
Managing thousands of SKUs and 28+ states for pan-India FMCG operations in production.
The registration process for PIBOs involves complex document validation. Our compliance team handles it end-to-end.

Every certificate type. Every compliance requirement. Tracked in one place.
Under India's EPR framework, companies fulfil their compliance obligations through distinct types of certificates each serving a different purpose under the Plastic Waste Management Rules. EcoTrace manages all of them, tracking each certificate in your ledger with CPCB certificate IDs, recycler registration numbers, GST invoice numbers, and transfer dates.
Issued by a CPCB-registered Plastic Waste Processor confirming a specific quantity of plastic packaging waste has been mechanically or chemically recycled. One certificate equals one MT of plastic processed. These are tradeable on CPCB's Electronic Trading Platform — companies with surplus can sell to those with shortfalls.
Issued for plastic packaging that cannot be recycled and is processed through co-processing in cement or steel kilns, waste-to-energy, waste-to-oil, or road construction. The permissible share of EPR obligation that can be met through end-of-life disposal is capped and declining each financial year.
The Use of Recycled Plastic (URep) certificate is generated by the PIBO itself — not by a recycler — to confirm that recycled plastic content has been used in their own new packaging. Mandatory from FY 2025–26 with minimum percentages per category increasing annually.
Applicable to Category I rigid packaging only. If a company reuses its own rigid plastic packaging — for example refilling bottles or returning containers — the quantity reused is deducted from the eligible quantity calculation, reducing the EPR obligation for that year.
Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs) can generate and transfer EPR credits to PIBOs as part of city-level plastic waste collection and channelisation programs. Fulfil obligation through formal waste systems.
Generated when a PIBO exceeds its mandatory recycling targets for a specific category. These surplus credits are tradeable assets that can be sold to other companies with shortfalls or carried forward to offset your own future liabilities.
EcoTrace connects you with 100+ CPCB-registered recyclers to ensure you meet your targets with zero legal risk.


CPCB assigns EPR recycling targets category-wise based on the plastic packaging volumes each company declares at registration. Targets are not static — they increase every financial year on a progressive schedule designed to move Indian industry toward full circular economy by FY 2027–28. Missing targets in any year carries forward with compounding penalties.
Category III (multi-layer) is the most difficult and expensive category to meet — with certificate prices of ₹12,000–₹20,000 per MT due to the limited number of CPCB-registered multi-layer recyclers. EcoTrace's real-time shortfall alert is critical specifically for companies with significant Category III packaging.
New mandatory requirements for using recycled plastic content in your own packaging.
FSSAI / CDSCO / Food contact. Declare law in return.
FSSAI, pesticide law. Declare exemption basis.
Calculated on plastic layers weight only.
Exempt — compostable plastics not subject to URep.
EcoTrace is a complete EPR compliance operating system. Every module connects to the others so that data flows automatically from sales ingestion through to CPCB submission. Adding a new business unit, a new category, or a new recycler takes minutes — not weeks of spreadsheet updates.
Sales data arrives from your ERP system automatically every month. EcoTrace validates every row, applies the CPCB packaging weight matrix, and calculates your exact EPR obligation in metric tonnes — broken down by category, entity, and state. Covers all 5 plastic packaging categories including the new Category V industrial packaging.
Create and manage recycling declarations linking your EPR obligation to a specific recycler, plastic category, state, and financial year. Attach PO evidence, submit for approval, track every status from Draft to Approved — with a complete audit trail and timestamped log.
Register and manage all your CPCB-registered recyclers in one place. Track agreement dates, category certifications, state-wise capacity, CPCB registration numbers, GST details, and agreement documents. Automated expiry alerts 30 days before any agreement or certification lapses.
Real-time KPI cards showing total liability, total achieved, achievement %, and pending approvals. A 12-month trend chart. India state heatmap. Category breakdown donuts. All data updates automatically when declarations are approved — no manual refresh.
One-click CPCB Annual Return PDF — all 9 mandatory sections, state-wise data, certificate ledger with CPCB IDs, URep and reuse claims, EC calculation, and signed declaration block. Also generates quarterly data extracts and state-wise achievement reports for SPCB filing.
Tracks the new FY 2025–26 recycled content (URep) obligation across Cat I, II, and III. Calculates your URep target based on packaging volumes, tracks procurement of recycled material, generates URep certificates on CPCB portal, and models carry-forward shortfalls across 3 years.
An append-only ledger recording every MT of recycling credit issued — by category, by entity, by financial year. Each entry includes CPCB certificate ID, recycler registration number, GST invoice number, transfer date, and credit rate. Fully immutable and auditable.
REST API connecting EcoTrace to SAP, Oracle, or any internal ERP system. Sales data pushed automatically at month-end. API validates incoming data, handles deduplication, flags unknown SKUs, and calculates liability in real time. No manual uploads — ever.
Proactive alerts for every compliance risk — vendor expiry, certificate shortfall, quarterly entry due, 30 June countdown, critical EC risk alerts. Sent via email and in-app. Nondismissable critical alerts when achievement gap exceeds 10% within 30 days of deadline.
Secure cloud storage for all EPR documents — PO evidence, WMA agreements, CPCB certificates, CTO/CTE consents, third-party audit reports. Stored on AWS S3. Accessible via time-limited pre-signed URLs. Every document linked to its specific declaration, vendor, or entity.
CPCB has issued show-cause notices to hundreds of PIBOs. After the 30 June deadline, CPCB auto-files the return and levies maximum Environmental Compensation automatically — there is no manual override.
Environmental Compensation for every MT not met. 1,000 MT shortfall = ₹20,00,000 penalty. Carries forward for 3 years.
2.5× standard EC rate applies if return is not filed by 30 June. CPCB auto-files at maximum EC with no warning.
Submitting false data results in registration cancellation and a 1-year ban. Blacklisted from future registration.
CPCB publishes names on its website by 30 September. Massive reputational risk for customers and investors.
States can initiate independent proceedings, surprise inspections, and separate notices beyond CPCB action.
Obligations don't disappear. They carry forward to the next year. After 3 years, full EC is levied and cannot be refunded even if eventually fulfilled.
EcoTrace eliminates every one of these risks.
Your compliance team will be filing ready months before 30 June — not days.
"If your company uses plastic packaging in India, EPR compliance is your legal obligation."
Hundreds of SKUs across Category I, II, III. Complexity needs systematic management.
Shampoo bottles, sachets, multilayer pouches. High-volume tracking month by month.
Blister packs, PET bottles. Multi-state distribution makes CPCB mandatory.
PET bottles, HDPE, Tetra Pak. Category III needs proactive shortfall alerts.
E-commerce secondary packaging (bubble wrap, mailers) is now in scope.
Traders and manufacturers now need unique 15-digit CPCB EPR numbers.
Category V covers industrial sacks and wrap. Many are unaware they are in scope.
Stretch wrap and pallet film fall under industrial packaging rules.
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