Batteries recycling news articles

France is playing a pioneering role in the treatment of waste

The recycling of waste materials has become a major environmental and economic issue: today, the world generates 3,100 million metric tons (Mt) of waste each year. France is playing a pioneering role in the treatment of waste, using practical working methodologies to deal with the problems, and applying the ‘polluter pays’ principle. Proposed new reforms in France will focus on waste reduction. The aim is that, by 2012, 35% of waste will be r... [more]

Scrap metal company fined for keeping and treating waste without the correct licence

Changes to the End of Life Vehicle Regulations in 2003 now require sites that keep depolluted waste vehicles to apply for a waste management licence. This is to ensure that premises had the necessary infrastructure to carry out the work safely, such as impermeable surfaces and sealed drainage systems to prevent fluids escaping into the environment. A scrap metal company has been ordered to pay more than £28,000 after admitting keeping and tre... [more]