There is a lot of activity at the moment around battery recycling and in the 5 June issue of MRW we are looking at it in more detail.
With the potential compliance schemes all now in the process of seeking approval to comply for the battery producers (which technically includes anyone who places batteries in the UK market so includes electrical manufacturers small and large, retailers - with some small exceptions and the battery manufacturers themselves).
It appears that store take-back and possibly some local authority collection mechanisms will be the main way for domestic batteries to be returned to meet the targets set by the EU.
But the difficulty remains that batteries are usually small enough and easy enough to throw away in the residual waste bin and volumes are pretty small on the whole.
To make this work, we need to have a good publicity campaign when the eventual system is up and running - something which definitely didn't happen with waste electrical item recycling.
That campaign should focus on reminding people to take old batteries with them to the supermarkets to be recycled. Then, the supermarkets should be allowed and encouraged to use reverse hauling of batteries to justify the collections in terms of sustainability.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Hi,
ReplyDeleteIt’s really good to know about the batteries in detail.
Seriously do we realize how many things in your house that need batteries? However, with that so many kinds of battery, which is generally different between one to another, sometimes we have some difficulties in finding the desired type.
Find the right batteries supplier is not hard if you check out batterystation.co.uk because this website provides the widest selection of batteries and you can choose the right battery based on the categories. You can get the procell batteries which available in several sizes and voltage. You also can find Duracell batteries that divided into duracell plus batteries and duracell ultra batteries. All of the batteries come with cheaper price because this website provides the discount batteries in bulk, wholesale, and retail quantities.
Thanks,