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The macro battery and accumulator tonnage reported by [[DEFRA]] for the UK in 2020 was 1,213,111 tonnes <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data Digest of Waste Resources 2020]</ref>. | The macro battery and accumulator tonnage reported by [[DEFRA]] for the UK in 2020 was 1,213,111 tonnes <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data Digest of Waste Resources 2020]</ref>. In 2023 portable batteries represented c.19,000 tonnes collected for recycling out of c. 40,000 tonnes put on the market, around 1.5% of the total battery and accumulator tonnage reported in the macro figures.. | ||
[[File:Batteries Picture.jpg|300px|left|Picture of portable waste batteries - source sisw.org]]__TOC__ | [[File:Batteries Picture.jpg|300px|left|Picture of portable waste batteries - source sisw.org]]__TOC__ | ||