Battery recycling suffers from the mercury

The battery manufacturers and importers in the Foundation's charger batteries (batteries GRS) have moved to three-year balance sheet. 9322 tons of old Dell xps m1330 battery were collected in 2000. Too little, given the 29,000 tons sold per year.
1998, eight companies have launched the initiative. The founding members of Duracell, Energizer, Panasonic, Philips, juice, Sanyo, Sony, Varta and the Central Association of Electrical and Electronics Industry (ZVEI) can not complain about growth. 450 members include the GRS Batteries in 2001.
However, the rush is not entirely voluntary. The Dell Latitude D610battery regulation prohibits since October 1998, batteries with household waste and requires manufacturers and importers to take back and disposal.
Most important collection is now the retail, the so-called BATT-boxes in 2000 landed 40 percent of the recalled batteries, in 1999 it was 29 percent. The rest of our businesses (24 percent) and public collection points.
With 9322 tons of spent Dell Inspiron 6400 battery and accumulators, the Foundation in 2000 collected 12 percent more than in 1999. Despite the upward trend would continue to increase earnings. To this end, the consumer will be motivated. A representative study has shown that 70 percent of Germans would keep the old ones first extended time in the budget, which obscures the quota.
The proportion of recycled waste in 2000 stood at 33 percent (2934 tons). 1999, there were still 19 percent (1,318 tonnes). The recycling rate will rise to 50 percent of his 2001 and 2005 at 70 percent.
Still the largest group of the collected batteries, alkaline manganese and zinc carbon batteries, be loaded with mercury. At 6044 tons of spent energy donors that were deposited last year on behalf of GRS Batteries (1999: 5583 tonnes) it was obtained without a clearly identified as a mercury-free batteries for the two systems acted.
Although all major European manufacturers would use since the first half of the nineties in the production of alkaline manganese and zinc carbon batteries no more mercury are still in too many older and imported batteries containing mercury circulation. Remedial effect from the September 2001 amendment to the Dell Latitude D510 battery Ordinance, the law prohibits the marketing of mercury-containing batteries. Excluded are mercury-containing button cell. (Uba)

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