Batteries Act Section 14 Recycling and disposal

Batteries Act Section 14 Recycling and disposal

(1) Where technically feasible and economically viable, all collected and identifiable waste batteries shall be treated and recycled using the best available techniques. The minimum requirements stipulated in subordinate legislation issued under Section 20 no. 2 shall be complied with. Identifiable waste batteries whose treatment and recycling is not technically feasible or economically viable, unidentifiable waste batteries and residues of waste batteries that have undergone proper treatment and recycling shall be disposed of using the best available techniques and in a manner compatible with the public interest.

(2) The disposal of waste automotive and industrial batteries by incineration or in a landfill is prohibited. This shall not apply to residues of waste batteries that have undergone proper treatment and recycling.

(3) Treatment and recycling under paragraph (1) may be undertaken outside the jurisdiction of this Act provided that the shipment of waste batteries is in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (OJ L 190, 12.7.2006, p. 1, L 318, 28.11.2008, p. 15), last amended by Regulation (EC) No 669/2008 (OJ L 188, 16.7.2008, p. 7) and as amended from time to time, and with the requirements of subordinate legislation issued under Section 20 no. 3.

(4) Waste batteries exported out of the Community in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 of 29 November 2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply (OJ L 316, 4.12.2007, p. 6), last amended by Regulation (EC) No 740/2008 (OJ L 201, 30.7.2008, p. 36) and as amended from time to time, shall count towards the fulfilment of the obligations and efficiencies laid down in paragraph (1) only if there is sound evidence that the recycling operation took place under conditions equivalent to the requirements of this Act and of subordinate legislation issued under it.