Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations SI 2009/890
These Regulations begin to come into force on 5 May 2009 and apply to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
They establish the scope of "producer responsibility" which requires producers of batteries and accumulators to take responsibility for separately collecting and recycling batteries and accumulators once they become waste.
As a result they implement part of Retained Reference Directive 2006/66, on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators. The provisions in that Directive relating to the marketing of new batteries and accumulators, or appliances containing them, have been implemented by the Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market)...
