Conciliation agreement: batteries to be collected, nature protected

Only six EU Member States currently have schemes for collecting spent portable batteries and accumulators. Following a deal reached on 2 May 2006 in the Conciliation Committee between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, a new EU directive will ensure that such schemes are set up throughout Europe by 2008. The aim: to protect nature and rubbish dumps from the often toxic substances contained in the tons of batteries we use. In future our old batteries will have to be collected and recycled.

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European Commission: Press Release: IP/06/561: Batteries: Commissioner Dimas welcomes conciliation agreement of the European Parliament and the Council http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/561&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Environment: Policies: Waste: Batteries http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/waste/batteries/index.htm

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