Battery Collection System - Ab - Eng

Financing System of Battery Recycling Israeli EPA Battery Manufacturer Battery Importer

Shop Battery sales point

Consumer

Battery Fund Advanced Disposal Fee

Transport Service

Collecting Point

Battery Recycler

Fundamentals • A law is needed to set the frame and the targets. • The consumer shall pay for the recycling of batteries. • All producers and importers have to join the system. • A private company shall be responsible for the battery fund.

Why shall we collect used batteries? • Batteries are a high concentrated source of Hazardous. • Hazardous from Batteries contaminates ground water and air. • Heavy metals can‘t be burned or composted. • Valuable metals can be recovered from batteries.

What are the costs? • The collection and recycling has to be paid by the consumer. • 0.5US$/kg of batteries should be enough to start up an efficient collecting and recycling system • 0.5 US$/kg of batteries is 0.25US$ per capita and year.

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[email protected] Tel: +972 52 2599 086 Fax: +972 98658 597 A.B Industrial Recycling Technologies Ltd PO Box 6300 Netanya, 42161 Israel

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