Information for end-users of batteriesU.K.
68. The Secretary of State must ensure, in particular through information campaigns, that—
(a)end-users of batteries are fully informed of the potential effects on the environment and human health of the substances used in batteries;
(b)end-users of industrial batteries and automotive batteries are fully informed of—
(i)the desirability of not disposing of waste batteries as unsorted municipal waste and of participating in their separate collection so as to facilitate treatment and recycling;
(ii)their role in contributing to the recycling of waste batteries;
(iii)the collection and recycling schemes available to them; and
(iv)the meaning of the crossed out wheeled bin symbol shown in Schedule 5 and the chemical symbols “Hg”, “Cd” and “Pb”M1.
Marginal Citations
M1Regulation 5 of the Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2164) requires the marking with the crossed out wheeled bin symbol of batteries or battery packs placed on the market in the UK. Regulation 6 of that instrument requires the marking of batteries placed on the market in the UK where they contain more than the prescribed proportion of mercury, cadmium or lead with the chemical symbols, respectively “Hg”, “Cd” or “Pb”.