BATTERY RECYCLING
April 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament's environment committee has proposed amending a European Union (EU) battery recycling directive, to increase amounts collected to 50 per cent, (up from the European Commission's proposed de facto 40 per cent). The committee also proposed banning batteries with over five parts per million (ppm) of mercury by weight, 40 ppm of lead, and/or 20 ppm of cadmium.
THE EUROPEAN Parliament's environment committee has proposed amending a European Union (EU) battery recycling directive, to increase amounts collected to 50 per cent, (up from the European Commission's proposed de facto 40 per cent). The committee also proposed banning batteries with over five parts per million (ppm) of mercury by weight, 40 ppm of lead, and/or 20 ppm of cadmium.
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