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Batteries – easy recycling solutions
Our solutions cover all aspects of battery recycling and can simplify processes for all businesses, small to large. We can provide battery collections for your premises and manage all your compliance needs.
Recycling
What are portable batteries?
Batteries or accumulators are any sources of electrical energy generated by direct conversion of chemical energy and consisting of one or more primary battery cells (non-rechargeable) or consisting of one or more secondary battery cells (rechargeable).
Most types of batteries contain toxic heavy metals, including nickel, cadmium, and mercury. All of these metals can be recovered and reused.
Recycling batteries is good for the environment as it keeps them out of landfill, where heavy metals may leak into the ground, causing soil and water pollution and endangering animal and plant life. If batteries are incinerated with household waste, the heavy metals inside them cause air pollution.
Batteries
Recycling process
1. Sorting
2. Shredding
Recovered materials
Plastic
Lead
Cobalt
Nickel
Metal
Manganese
Acid
Mercury
Zinc
Cadmium
Batteries
Small producers
You may only place small amounts of batteries onto the market but need a trusted, reliable partner to carry out your obligations. We can do this for you.
Large producers
If your company places significant amounts of batteries onto the market, we offer competitive compliance solutions, as well as expertise in take-back and awareness-raising campaigns.
Recycling process
1. Sorting
2. Shredding
Recovered materials
Plastic
Lead
Cobalt
Nickel
Metal
Manganese
Acid
Mercury
Zinc
Cadmium
ERP always provide a competitive offer with high delivery of services
In addition to meeting our legal requirements, joining ERP has helped us to demonstrate our commitment to our corporate social responsibility programme.
ERP provides a cost-effective and tailored service to fit our needs.
ERP provides a cost-effective solution for our needs, with helpful customer service only a call away.
Being a member of ERP allows Currys Ireland to feel confident that all of our WEEE and Battery obligations are fully compliant, whilst both environmentally responsible and cost effective for us as a large Producer and Retailer.
The Batteries for Barretstown battery recycling campaign has been a very exciting project for us, and we are thrilled to be involved in helping to motivate people to become more environmentally aware and to change their battery recycling habits
Traditionally, economies in the developed world have been based on a “take, make, dispose” model. A circular economy is based on long-life products that can be renewed, reused, repaired, upgraded, and refurbished to preserve precious natural resources, protect habitats, and reduce pollution.
The HSE has been actively moving towards a more sustainable and environmentally conscious model. We are delighted to support ‘Batteries for Barretstown’ and have rolled out the battery collection programme across several of our acute hospitals and are looking to extend this into the New Year. Our transition to a circular economy and its associated behavioural change will require assistance and collaboration with many people and organisations.
