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2001 Primary Sales (000's)
The main requirements of the UK/EC battery legislation include:
- Restrictions to the amount of mercury in batteries – prohibitions on marketing of batteries above those levels
- Take appropriate steps to ensure that spent spent NiCds are collected separately with a view to their recovery or disposal - gradual reduction, in household waste
- Ensure that NiCds and, where appropriate, appliances into which they are incorporated are marked in the appropriate manner. The marking must include indications as to the following points: separate collection; where appropriate, recycling; the heavy-metal content.
- NiCds cannot be incorporated into appliances unless they can be readily removed, when spent, by the consumer.
Battery Legislation
Original directive:
The Batteries and Accumulators (Containing Dangerous Substances) Regulations 1994
UK Regulations
- Appliance categories (Schedule 1) Click here
- Separate collection mark (Schedule 2) Click here
- Marking requirements (Schedule 3) Click here
Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 232 The Batteries and Accumulators (Containing Dangerous Substances) Regulations 1994
