EU announces new battery directive:
26/66/EC The European Commission officially announced the directive 26/66/EC "Batteries, batteries, waste batteries and waste batteries" on 26 September 26, and abolished the current directive 91/157/EEC "Containing certain hazardous substances" on 26 September 28.
III. Prohibition of Sale According to Article 4, from September 26, 28, Member States should prohibit the following batteries from being put on the market: portable batteries or storage batteries with cadmium content exceeding .2% (except those used in emergency alarm systems, medical equipment and wireless power tools); All batteries or accumulators with mercury content exceeding .5% (except button batteries with mercury content less than 2%).
iv. recycling target according to the provisions of article 1, member States should first make statistics on the "collection rate" of waste batteries and batteries in the fifth year after the implementation of this directive. Member States should achieve the following "minimum collection rates": 25% should be achieved before September 26, 212 (based on the amount recovered in the current year divided by the average sales volume of batteries in the past three years). It should reach 45% before September 26, 216.
v. Treatment and Recycling According to the provisions of Article 12, Member States should ensure that before September 26, 29, producers or third parties should establish a "treatment and recycling" system for waste batteries and batteries on the premise of protecting human health and the global environment, and the regulations on "treatment and recycling" must comply with the provisions of Annex III of this directive. In addition, according to the classification of batteries, Member States should reach the minimum recycling efficiencies of the following types of batteries before September 26th, 21: Nickel-cadmium batteries and accumulators should reach 75% (by average weight). Lead-acid batteries and accumulators should reach 65%. Other waste batteries and accumulators should reach 5%.
VIII. Labeling According to the provisions of Article 21, Member States shall ensure that manufacturers provide easily identifiable labels to consumers, which are as follows: Member States shall ensure that all batteries, storage batteries and battery packs are properly marked with the symbols in Annex II of this directive (trash cans are crossed). Member States should ensure that all batteries and storage batteries provide easy-to-identify "capacity" labels from 26 September 29. Batteries, storage batteries and button batteries with cadmium content exceeding .2%, lead content exceeding .4% and mercury content exceeding .5% shall be marked with chemical symbols of heavy metals: Cd, Pb or Hg. Chemical symbols shall be printed under the cross mark of the trash can in Annex II of this directive.