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== Macro Tonnages ==

The most recent information published by DEFRA <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics-2018-edition Digest of Waste Resources 2018] reporting data from 2016</ref> <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data</ref> is summarized in the pie chart below, showing 128,303 tonnes of batteries and accumulators generated in the UK in 2016 and is part of the broader tonnage summarized in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]:

~~[[File:~~Batteries and Accumulators ~~pie chart.png~~|~~frame~~|~~center~~|~~Batteries~~ and ~~Accumulators~~ - ~~Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016]]~~

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="2"|Batteries and Accumulators

|-

| colspan="2"|{{Graph:MaterialPie|Width=200|Height=200|size=200|offset=175|val1=4906|val2=533|val3=3028|val4=0|val5=109442|val6=10395}}

|-

! colspan="2"|Data Table

|-

| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF)

| style="text-align:right;"|4,906

|-

| Mining and Quarrying (MQ)

| style="text-align:right;"|533

|-

| Industrial (Ind)

| style="text-align:right;" | 3,028

|-

| Construction (Con)

| style="text-align:right;" | 0

|-

| Commercial (Com)

| style="text-align:right;" | 109,442

|-

| Household (HH)

| style="text-align:right;" |10,395

|}

The macro picture does not breakdown into the respective types of batteries but recent reports <ref> [https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/concern-uk-struggle-battery-recycling-target/ Letsrecycle news item August 2018] </ref> suggest that 17,427 tonnes of batteries were collected in 2017 achieving a 44.89% collection rate against the 45% collection target with a high reliance on lead acid batteries.

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 == Macro Tonnages ==
 The most recent information published by DEFRA <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics-2018-edition Digest of Waste Resources 2018] reporting data from 2016</ref> <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data</ref> is summarized in the pie chart below, showing 128,303 tonnes of batteries and accumulators generated in the UK in 2016 and is part of the broader tonnage summarized in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]:
-[[File:Batteries and Accumulators pie chart.png|frame|center|Batteries and Accumulators - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016]]
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! colspan="2"|Batteries and Accumulators
+|-
+| colspan="2"|{{Graph:MaterialPie|Width=200|Height=200|size=200|offset=175|val1=4906|val2=533|val3=3028|val4=0|val5=109442|val6=10395}}
+|-
+! colspan="2"|Data Table
+|-
+| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF)
+| style="text-align:right;"|4,906
+|-
+| Mining and Quarrying (MQ)
+| style="text-align:right;"|533
+|-
+| Industrial (Ind)
+| style="text-align:right;" | 3,028
+|-
+| Construction (Con)
+| style="text-align:right;" | 0
+|-
+| Commercial (Com)
+| style="text-align:right;" | 109,442
+|-
+| Household (HH)
+| style="text-align:right;" |10,395
+|}
 The macro picture does not breakdown into the respective types of batteries but recent reports <ref> [https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/concern-uk-struggle-battery-recycling-target/ Letsrecycle news item August 2018] </ref> suggest that 17,427 tonnes of batteries were collected in 2017 achieving a 44.89% collection rate against the 45% collection target with a high reliance on lead acid batteries.