India's EPR system runs on tradeable certificates: recyclers and processors generate them by processing waste, and producers buy them to meet targets. It is a real market, with real fraud risk. Here is how to buy proof, not promises.
How the market works
Registered Plastic Waste Processors (PWPs), e-waste recyclers and battery recyclers generate certificates on the CPCB portal against verified processing. Producers and brand owners purchase these certificates to offset their annual targets. Prices move with supply, enforcement cycles and filing deadlines.
Where buyers get burned
- Certificates issued against processing that never happened
- Double-sold certificates, where the same tonne backs two buyers
- Prices spiked by brokers ahead of filing deadlines
- Annual packages from vendors who vanish at audit time
What diligence looks like
Before any credit moves, we verify the processor's registration status, their portal transaction history, and their physical capacity to have processed the claimed tonnage. Certificates without provenance are a liability wearing a compliance costume.
Buy on a plan, not in a panic
Producers who forecast their obligation early buy credits through the year at stable prices. Producers who discover their shortfall in filing week pay the panic premium. A liability forecast, updated quarterly, is the cheapest insurance in this market.
The Clymaco rule
We do not sell credits. We procure them for clients from compliance-checked processors, with the provenance documented into your evidence vault. When an auditor asks, you answer in minutes, not weeks.