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Information on waste batteries excluded from the regulations, definitions and battery types.
Guidance for businesses.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
Guidance for manufacturers on placing batteries and accumulators on the market.
Information for consumers.
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.
Check the tariff classification for a four-wheeled vehicle with an electric motor powered by rechargeable batteries.
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
This report considers electrical energy storage systems for application when hybridised with solar electricity generation
A review of the safety risks of domestic battery energy storage systems and measures to mitigate these.
An independent research report.
How to buy, safely charge and store an e-cycle and spot the warning signs of a fire hazard.
Information for public transport operators about assessing and managing fire risks involving the lithium batteries used in e-cycles and e-scooters.
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