EU launches wide-ranging battery recycling rules
New directive to come into effect from next month requiring manufacturers to pay for safe disposal of old batteries
Manufacturers of batteries will for the first time be legally required to provide collection and recycling facilities for their disposal under new European Union regulations to be introduced in the UK...
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