Batteries And Accumulators Directive

[Guest RJBsec]

if you get your charges correct you dont have to worry about the additional tasks you have to perform to comply with new regulations, after all everyone is in the same boat.

Unless you're doing something that isn't necessary.

[IAS]

Unless you're doing something that isn't necessary.

but of you leave them ........................................... what are you using in the site radio?

[james.wilson]

can we backtrack slightly here

So if they are industrial batts how does that alter the weee part for us?

[james.wilson]

cerb what do you do at work with batteries?

[IAS]

can we backtrack slightly here

So if they are industrial batts how does that alter the weee part for us?

did you think ADI, Risco etc started having battery bins out of the good of their heart?

alarm batteries have to be returned to a place of purchase, no options.

Cerb as he says is slightly different, James, you really should know this but ring your local council land fill and ask them if they take them, if they answer yes please be so good as to let us all know where it is.

[james.wilson]

lol

why are you deflecting the question with assumptions?

the question is what is the difference between a 'portable' battery and an 'industrial' battery when transporting a new or 'to be tested' battery?

oh and they dont 'have' to be returned to the place of purchase. the distributer must, in most cases, accept them.

[IAS]

lol

why are you deflecting the question with assumptions?

your the one confusing things so okay - I`ll ask you a question.

which takes priority, WEEE or HAZADUS (sic) or BATTERY AND ACCUMULATOR regs?

neither - this is another one of those situations where you have to pull information from several sources and decide what your supposed to do. Maybe you have a vested interest in the customer disposing of alarm batteries, i dont know, BUT the regs and rules are quite clear.

an alarm battery is "industrial" as it is a vented battery and must be dealt with as such, you cannot "leave" it for the end user.

[james.wilson]

thanks saved me having to answer.

so you think there is no difference between a 'portable' battery and an 'industrial' battery when it comes to the transport of non waste units?

I dont know myself about leaving them onsite as its not something we do, ie we remove them. But under which reg and where does it state you cant?

[IAS]

thanks saved me having to answer.

so you think there is no difference between a 'portable' battery and an 'industrial' battery when it comes to the transport of non waste units?

I dont know myself about leaving them onsite as its not something we do, ie we remove them. But under which reg and where does it state you cant?

is the lack of sleep getting to you?

[Guest RJBsec]

Bristol City Council Guidance on items acceptable for household recycling collections:-

We will collect the following items from your black box:

Food and drinks cans (please remove lids and rinse)

Newspapers and magazines (including catalogues and junkmail)

Yellow pages and telephone directories

Glass bottles and jars (rinse out and place the lids with your cans)

Clothes, blankets and material (put into untied shopping bags or bin bags)

Pair of shoes (tie shoes together, and keep them dry)

Aluminium foil and containers

Household batteries, including rechargeable (keep together in a small, clear tied bag)

Spectacles

Aerosol cans (please empty and remove lids)

Place the following next to your black box:

Engine oil (in a secure container)

Car batteries

My customers and I have recycled our own SLA batteries in this way and we have never had any refusal to accept them or complaints after the fact.