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Information on waste batteries excluded from the regulations, definitions and battery types.
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.
Guidance for businesses.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers.
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
The UK battery strategy sets out the government’s vision for the UK to achieve a globally competitive battery supply chain by 2030.
Headlamp, position lamps, daytime running lamps, stop lamps, indicators, hazard warning lamps, fog lamps, reversing lamps, lighting ‘tell-tales’, trailer electrical socket, electrical wiring and battery rules and inspection for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
A review of the safety risks of domestic battery energy storage systems and measures to mitigate these.
Definitions, vehicle classes, reasons to refuse to test a vehicle, narrow track vehicles, historic vehicles and inspection procedures for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
Legacy resources to support button battery safety and raise awareness produced for a product safety campaign during 2021.
Information for consumers.
Seeking views on simplifying the weight thresholds used to define a battery as “portable”.
We are seeking views on our proposed work for a UK battery strategy to ensure we have access to the widest possible evidence and perspectives.
An independent research report.
Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
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