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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>. 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__

== Macro Tonnages ==

The most recent information published by DEFRA <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data Digest of Waste Resources 2020]</ref> is summarized below, showing 1,213,111 tonnes of batteries and accumulators generated in the UK in 2020 and is part of the broader tonnage summarised in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]:

[[File:Batteries.png|800px|frameless|center|]]

== Overview ==

== ~~Macro Tonnages~~ ==

Manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers have an Extended [[Producer Responsibility]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/waste-batteries-producer-responsibility gov.uk website Waste batteries:producer responsibility]</ref> for [[Batteries]] in order to control their levels of mercury, cadmium and lead, assist their recycling through clear labelling and ensure that on disposal they are properly treated and recycled, rather than being sent for incineration or to landfill, both of which are illegal <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulations-batteries-and-waste-batteries gov.uk website: Regulations: batteries and waste batteries]</ref>

== Automotive ~~batteries~~ ==

== Post Consumer, Non-automotive Batteries ==

==Categories==

The Regulations <ref> The underpinning legislation is: [[The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008 (as amended)]] and the [[Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 (as amended)]] </ref> cover all batteries, regardless of whether they are in products and divided into:

*A '''portable''' battery (sealed, weighs less than 4kg, not industrial or automotive, with a collection rate target of 45%)

*An '''industrial''' battery (designed exclusively for industrial or professional purposes, used as a source of power for propulsion in an electric or hybrid vehicle, unsealed but is not automotive, sealed but is not portable)

*An '''automotive''' battery (used as automotive starter, lighting or ignition power)

Guidance was issued in August 2022 on classifying portable and industrial batteries by the [[EA]]<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/classifying-portable-and-industrial-batteries</ref>.

The macro picture does not breakdown into the respective types of batteries but the National Packaging Waste Database<ref>https://npwd.environment-agency.gov.uk/Public/Batteries/PublishedReports.aspx</ref> reports the data for portable batteries and the performance against the UK collection rate target of 45%. In the most recently reported year 2023 for portable batteries the UK (published June 2024):

* 39,978 tonnes of portable batteries were placed on the market by 627 scheme members

* 19,085 tonnes of portable waste batteries were collected:

** 12,220 tonnes were lead/acid batteries (77%)

**484 tonnes were nickel/cadmium batteries (2%)

**6,381 tonnes were other types of batteries (21%)

* 18,967 tonnes were delivered for [[treatment]] and battery evidence were accepted for a similar tonnage

* 45.0% UK collection rate achieved (in some previous years this target has not been met, for example in 2017 a 44.89% figure was achieved<ref> [https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/concern-uk-struggle-battery-recycling-target/ Letsrecycle news item August 2018] </ref>.

The macro numbers are therefore distorted by the broader category that it represents.

==Local Authority Tonnage==

The following headers below only capture significant tonnage collected and reported by [[Locla Authority|local authorities]] through [[WasteDataFlow]].

===Automotive Batteries===

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 5000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Automotive Batteries' and tonnage >= 5000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

{| class=wikitable

! Authority

! Stream

! Facility

! Operator

! Address

! Material

! Tonnes

! Reporting Period

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

|}

===Post Consumer, Non-automotive Batteries===

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 1000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Post consumer, non automotive batteries' and tonnage >= 1000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}