Environmental guidance for your business in Northern Ireland & Scotland
If you export waste batteries you may need approval to be an approved battery exporter (ABE).
You must apply to either:
if you want to be and ABE, in order to:
If you are an ABE, you must ensure that the overseas business that accepts the batteries for treatment:
You must ensure that the overseas business that treats or recycles the waste batteries achieves minimum recycling levels of:
These conditions apply to businesses that operate in the European Economic Area (EEA) and those based outside the EEA.
You must keep records of the total amount in tonnes of batteries that you have exported for treatment or recycling. You must provide the NIEA or SEPA with details of the quantity of batteries you have exported and the amount you received from each battery compliance scheme.
If you plan to partially treat batteries before exporting them you must register as an approved battery treatment operator. You will have to keep records of the total amount of batteries in tonnes that you treat. See the page in this guideline on Treating or recycling waste batteries.
You must provide battery evidence notes to the operators of battery compliance schemes to confirm the number of tonnes of batteries you have exported in a year. You must supply battery evidence notes before 30 April in the following year.
Businesses affected by the batteries regulations
Identifying different battery types
Substance restrictions and battery labelling
Industrial and automotive battery producers responsibilites
Portable battery producers responsibilities
Portable batteries: distributor and retailer responsibilities
How end users can recycle batteries
Treating or recycling waste batteries
Exporting waste batteries
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