Producers must now pay for the collection, treatment and recycling of batteries - our Batteries Compliance scheme will help you to meet your obligations.
The Batteries Directive
Under the Batteries Directive, waste portable, industrial and vehicle batteries in the UK must be separately collected, treated and recycled.
The new legal obligations will mean:
- Stricter rules on recovery and recycling
- A recycling target for the UK of 25% for recycling of portable batteries by 2012 and over 45% by 2016
- Improvements to the environmental performance of all new batteries on the market (regardless of shape weight, use or chemical composition).
Manufacturers and importers must pay for the collection, treatment and recycling of batteries through a registered compliance scheme.
Portable battery producers who sell more than 32 kilograms of batteries a year will need to take back waste portable batteries for recycling, without charge.
The Veolia solution
Run in partnership with BatteryBack, a national battery recycling organisation, our compliance scheme will collect, treat and recycle batteries on behalf of producers who place more than one tonne of portable batteries on the UK market each year.
We register you with the Environment Agency and supply your data in the correct format. Our extensive customer connections are raising awareness and publicising the need to recycle batteries and collection points.
To join today or to receive additional information simply complete our registration form.