Batteries Act Section 18 Information

Batteries Act Section 18 Information

(1) Distributors shall inform their customers by means of clearly visible and legible written or pictorial signs in the direct field of vision of the main customer flow:

1. That used batteries can be returned at the point of sale at no charge;

2. That the end-user is under a statutory duty to return waste batteries;

3. Of the meaning of the symbol under Section 17 (1) and the chemical symbols under Section 17 (3). Where batteries are supplied to end-users by mail order, the information under sentence 1 shall be provided in the presentation media used or be included in written form with the delivered goods.

(2) Each producer shall inform end-users of the provisions of paragraph (1) sentence 1 nos. 1 to 3, the potential effects on the environment and human health of the substances used in batteries, and the importance to the environment and human health of separate collection and recycling of waste batteries.

(3) If the Joint Collection Scheme conducts information campaigns under paragraph (2), producers of portable batteries not participating in the Joint Collection Scheme shall share in the costs of the campaigns in proportion to their market share of new portable batteries placed on the market. Insofar as they do so, the obligation under paragraph (2) shall be deemed to be complied with.

(4) If producers not participating in the Joint Collection Scheme are required under paragraph (3) to share in the costs of information campaigns conducted by the Joint Collection Scheme, the information campaigns shall be competitively neutral.