Category Archives: Battery Recycling

17Oct

East London Waste Authority and Wastecare Host Jumbo the Battery Elephant in East London Shopping Centres

Posted on 17th October, 2023

The East London Waste Authority (ELWA) has partnered with Wastecare Group to host their battery recycling campaign across four London Boroughs during 2023 Recycling Week. The Waste Prevention Programme team at ELWA and the four Constituent Councils have been touring the boroughs of Havering, Newham, Redbridge, and Barking and Dagenham, with the colossal ‘Jumbo the…

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09Oct

New recycling initiative ‘Battrecycle’ launched to triple battery collection volumes across the UK

Posted on 9th October, 2023

We are pleased to announce the launch of Battrecycle – a new nationwide partnership to increase battery collection volumes and recycling across the UK. Much like its predecessor BatteryBack, this will be a free service funded by battery compliance schemes including Wastecare Compliance. The campaign’s objectives are to raise awareness of the importance of battery…

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21Sep

Addressing the Spike in UK Battery Fires: Why Has the Public Taken Two Steps Back in Battery Recycling Efforts?

Posted on 21st September, 2023

In recent years, we have all been witness to a concerning increase in UK battery fires, posing significant risks to public safety and the environment. These fires are often ignited during the disposal and recycling of batteries, which contain hazardous materials like lithium-ion. This increase has now accelerated sharply, with local authorities across the UK…

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19Jan

Regulator Approves UK’s First Recycling Plant for Household Batteries

Posted on 19th January, 2021

Specialist waste management firm, WasteCare, has opened the UK’s first full-scale household battery recycling facility following approval from the Environment Agency (EA).  The £2 million state-of-the-art facility in Elland, West Yorkshire has processing capacity for 25,000 tonnes of household batteries meaning it can recycle all UK’s spent alkaline batteries and avoid them being shipped to…

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03Jan

Lincolnshire in warning over fires from batteries

Posted on 3rd January, 2020

Concerns about fires caused by the public not removing batteries from toys and other household items have already been raised this year. Early in January Lincolnshire County Council issued a warning over batteries following three small fires at its household waste recycling centres in rubbish deposited by members of the public after Christmas. The fires…

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28Aug

Global concerns adding to the UK’s environment agenda

Posted on 28th August, 2019

With the environment sitting higher on the political agenda globally than for many years, the UK Government will start September with a busy in-tray at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Public interest in the environment remains very high according to a number of surveys, with young and old voicing concern about fires…

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12Aug

TODAY IS WORLD ELEPHANT DAY

Posted on 12th August, 2019

World Elephant Day is an international annual event on August 12, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world’s elephants and is now supported by over 65 wildlife organisations and many individuals in countries across the globe.   Not wishing to stomp on their parade, WasteCare want to take this opportunity to remind us…

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29Nov

Reporting portable batteries that have been exported from the UK

Posted on 29th November, 2018

The Batteries Regulations 2009 have been amended to allow producers to deduct portable batteries that are exported outside of the UK. The change will take effect as of the forthcoming compliance year of 2019. Producers of portable batteries who are currently registered with BatteryBack now have an opportunity to revise their placed on market data…

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04Jul

The Big Battery Hunt

Posted on 4th July, 2018

Congratulations to all 5 winners and a thank you to the 2,393 schools and all 554,858 pupils who participated in making the 2018 Big Battery Hunt a great success. Next year, Duracell, in partnership with BatteryBack, are looking to expand the scheme to over one million children in 2019. If you missed out this time,…

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04Jul

WasteCare wins MRW WEEE Innovation Award

Posted on 4th July, 2018

We are delighted to be this years’ recipients of the WEEE Innovation Award at last Thursday’s prestigious MRW Recycling Awards event at the Park Lane, Hilton. It has been WasteCare’s aim since the introduction of the Waste Battery Regulations in 2010 to build a portable battery treatment facility in the UK. Demand for such a…

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