Processing of the EU Batteries Regulation has resumed in Brussels after the summer recess. The latest estimate is that the regulation could be adopted and enter into force next spring. At the International Congress for Battery Recycling ICBR in Salzburg on 14 September, Commission representative Cesar...
The EU Batteries Regulation brings new labelling requirements for the batteries released onto the market. The aim of the new labelling is to promote the collection and recycling of batteries. The new EU Batteries Regulation will, most likely, require new kinds of labelling on batteries placed...
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The producer organisations’ battery webinar provided a comprehensive overview of the current state of the recycling of batteries and accumulators and the changes that will be brought about by the Batteries Regulation. The webinar, aimed at the boards and owners of producer organisations, provided an insight...
Batteries that have been incorrectly disposed of will come back to life when damaged, and they result in disastrous fires every month in homes and during waste management. Since the start of 2020, rescue departments have registered 20 fires caused by zombie batteries, i.e. mishandled chargeable and...
The long-prepared extensive reform of the Waste Act was approved and entered into force in Finland on 19 July 2021. The most significant change introduced by the reform concerns producer responsibility obligations, which now also extend to distance sellers, such as foreign online retailers that...
The long-prepared extensive reform of the Waste Act was approved and entered into force in Finland on 19 July 2021. The reform entails that in the future, the obligations of producer responsibility will also pertain to so-called distance sellers, i.e. operators such as foreign online...
The most significant changes for battery and accumulator producers are the inclusion of international online retail in the producer responsibility scheme and the overarching obligation to join a producer responsibility organisation. The proposal for a legislative reform that was circulated for comment in spring 2020 has...
“Over the past two decades, batteries and accumulators have become an integral part of our daily lives: most of our devices run on them. At the same time, technological development has enabled the use of smaller but more powerful accumulators in smart devices and vehicles,...
