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In EU countries, since 1980, some countries in the legal provisions involved in containing hazardous substances (mercury, cadmium and lead) the management of the battery. With the content of harmful substances in batteries and battery package clearly marked on a limited basis to improve the management of the battery. To make legal provisions of EU unity within the EU to strengthen the management of batteries containing hazardous substances, March 18, 1991, the European Union issued a guidance document Batteries Directive “Guidelines for the management of batteries (Directive 91/157/EEC). Various members of the battery industry has made some requests, such as the identification of cells and reducing the heavy metal content, etc., and urged Member States to carry out publicity and education, to take measures of a collection of used batteries has identified the creation of an efficient collection system and its specific provisions, including several of the following:
A. For the design of the battery production requirements:
Reducing heavy metal content;
To promote production and use of hazardous substances is zero or very low battery;
To promote the development of security is conducive to environmental protection, battery-series product; Sony VGP-BPS2 Sony VGP-BPS2A
To promote the production weight of mercury batteries less than 0.025% of the battery (except button cells away);
Electronic products with built-in battery waste products, the battery should be easy to remove;
B. Labeling requirements for battery production
In the European Union issued the guidance document, the following types of batteries is marking label: First, the battery only ≥ 25 mg of mercury in batteries (alkaline manganese batteries, except) secondly cadmium content ≥% 0.025wt cells; third lead ≥ 0.4wt%, the mercury levels ≥ 0.025wt% alkaline manganese. Meanwhile, the documentation requirements must be marked with labels and the heavy metal content should be compatible with the separate collection of municipal solid waste and recycling requirements for electronic devices inside the package, the battery must be marked on the battery life in electronic devices.
C. Waste batteries for collection and processing requirements
The documentation required for the Member States of the EU should take measures for the collection, classification of batteries disposed of has an identity, to encourage Member States to establish an efficient system for recycling batteries, and can be used for s to ensure that instruments of payment of the mortgage to complete the recall. PA3451U-1BRS PA3399U-1BAS
D. For technical aspects of recycling requirements
To encourage recycling of used batteries and technological research.
E. Publicity and education requirements
The document requested the Member States should take measures to strengthen publicity and education to ensure that the recycling system of waste battery works well.
In 1998, the EU proposed Directive 98/101/EEC battery
In 1998, 91/157/EEC revised the proposed EU 98/101/EEC, requires all member countries of different types of batteries containing hazardous substances for recycling. The batteries containing hazardous substances defined as follows: content of hazardous substances exceeding the prescribed limits. The market sales of batteries to make specific provisions to reduce the ban on the production of mercury in batteries began in January 2000:
A. Prohibit the sale of mercury batteries is greater than the weight of 0.0005% of cells, ie, the maximum mercury level of 5 ppm; Satellite M105 battery Satellite M40 battery
B. Prohibit mercury sales of more than 2% of the weight stack button.
Other indicators of less than 0.002% cadmium, lead content is less than 0.2%.
In March 2003, the European Union to amend Directive 91/157/EEC battery
In early 2003, the European Commission once again to amend the Environmental Protection Agency developed the battery Directive 91/157/EEC motion, the bill will further strengthen the requirements of environmental protection on the battery in order ‘improve the relevant standards, including zinc-manganese batteries, nickel cadmium and lead acid. Includes three main aspects:
(1) The pile of waste recycling responsibilities that require producers and distributors to take responsibility for recycling.
(Two) on the limitation of cadmium, requested January 1, 2008 onwards, a total ban on the production volume of more than 5 ppm of cadmium batteries, the battery must be marked with symbols elements contained harmful substances.
(3) on the restriction of the use of nickel-cadmium. Community Rules and Regulations (Draft) requirements in 2002 to strengthen the collection of Ni-Cd batteries and recycling. The minimum of countries, the battery to limit the collection of recovery, including recovery of automotive batteries required to achieve 95% recovery rate of at least collect all the batteries to 55%. In 2008, a total ban on production and use of nickel-cadmium batteries. Latitude X1 battery XPS M1210 battery
(4) requires States to protect the battery by means of tax collection as funds and by such means as tax exemptions to support products from the farm environment.