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Did you mean batteries
Information on waste batteries excluded from the regulations, definitions and battery types.
Guidance for businesses.
Guidance for manufacturers on placing batteries and accumulators on the market.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
Find out if you must offer free collection of old batteries - batteries you must take back, how to collect and send batteries to be recycled, penalties
Guidance for manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers.
Legacy resources to support button battery safety and raise awareness produced for a product safety campaign during 2021.
Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
An independent research report.
A review of the safety risks of domestic battery energy storage systems and measures to mitigate these.
OPSS is leading a fresh campaign to raise awareness among parents and carers about potential hazards to children associated with swallowing small magnets, button batteries, loose/small toy parts and imitation food.
Product Recall for KS Energy KS-SB210 Lithium-ion battery seat base compact series presenting a risk of fire.
Seeking views on simplifying the weight thresholds used to define a battery as “portable”.
Publishing dates for batteries data.
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