Equipment for portable batteries

With the entry into force of the Battery Order on 1 January 2009 one more fraction emerged: portable batteries. Thereby six fractions are now collected – five WEEE fractions and one fraction for portable batteries. All fractions are subject to producer responsibility.

Collection equipment for portable batteries: Barrels

Collection equipment for waste portable batteries at the municipal collection sites is supplied by the producer/the importer (in practice normally his collective scheme). Producers/importers must seek to standardize at the national level equipment supplied to the local authorities.