Batteries Act Section 13 Participation by public waste management authorities

Batteries Act Section 13 Participation by public waste management authorities

(1) Insofar as public waste management authorities participate in the collection of waste portable batteries, they shall make available the collected waste portable batteries for collection by the Joint Collection Scheme. As an alternative to sentence 1, public waste management authorities may, for a period of at least one calendar year in each instance, enter into a binding commitment to withdraw from collection by the Joint Collection Scheme and instead give the collected waste portable batteries to one or more producer-specific collection schemes. The Joint Collection Scheme shall be given written notice of such withdrawal at least three months before the beginning of the period concerned.

(2) Insofar as public waste management authorities participate in the collection of waste automotive batteries, they shall recycle the collected waste automotive batteries in accordance with Section 14.