SCHEDULE 3Approval of proposed schemes

PART 3Criteria for approval of a proposed scheme

15.

F1(1)

That the operator of a proposed scheme—

(a)

will co-operate with the other scheme operators to ensure the collection of waste portable batteries from distributors in accordance with regulation 32(2);

(b)

will provide reasonably situated and accessible facilities to ensure that economic operators and waste collection authorities are able to exercise their right under regulation 33(1);

(c)

will operate a scheme information campaign which will ensure that end-users of portable batteries are fully informed of the points listed in paragraph 10(a) to (d);

(d)

has viable plans to collect a quantity of waste portable batteries which is neither significantly higher or significantly lower than the quantity required to satisfy the scheme operator's obligation under regulation 19(1)(a) to finance the net costs for which each scheme member is responsible.

F2(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)(c), “a scheme information campaign” means a campaign to disseminate information to ensure that end-users of portable batteries are fully informed of—

(a)

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;

(b)

the collection and recycling facilities available to them;

(c)

their role in contributing to the recycling of waste batteries;

(d)

the meaning of the symbol of the crossed-out wheeled bin shown in Schedule 5 and the chemical symbols “Hg”, “Cd” and “Pb”.