Once the Battery Recycling Regulations are in force; as a battery manufacturer or importer of batteries to the UK (the Producer), you will be responsible for the cost of collection and recovery. If you have batteries made on your behalf and placed on the UK market in your name, then again, you are considered the Producer. BatteryBack is a unique service, open to all producers, ensuring costs are kept to a minimum. Currently, BatteryBack expect the cost to not exceed one pence per battery.
This cost will not apply until the Regulations are in force.
The final draft Regulations are expected to be published this coming October and be in force in early 2009.
Click here for further details. In the meantime, BatteryBack is providing a trial service to retailers, schools and public buildings, to help gauge the extent of the task ahead. Already, there are over 500 FREE collection points in the UK. Click here to find the nearest to you.
If you would like to be kept up to date with the new regulations or find ways of keeping your costs to a minimum, please click here.