FACTS – battery recycling
§ Each
year we throw away about 600 million batteries. Laid end to end these batteries
would reach from the UK to Australia and back again (source: recycle-more.co.uk)
§ Each
year about 22,000 tonnes of UK household batteries are sent to landfill.
§ Batteries
can be found in virtually every room in the house. They're used in a wide range
of objects including toys, remote controls, mobile phones, ipods and even
doorbells
§ Every
person in Britain uses about 10 batteries a year
§ The UK
currently collects less than 3% of waste portable batteries, one of the lowest
rates in Europe
§ A European Directive on Batteries and Accumulators was
published in 2006 and aims to minimise the impact of batteries on the
environment and encourage the recovery of the materials they contain
§ The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations was
introduced into UK law in May 2009. These regulations have set the following
targets for the collection and recycling of waste portable batteries:
§ 25%
recycling rate by 2012 and 45% by 2016
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Limited, in partnership with Bristol Batteries Limited, provides a
collection point for portable batteries at the following address:
Bristol Batteries Limited
3 St Philips Trade Centre
Albert Road
St Philips
Bristol
BS2 0YB
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