100 Assorted Mixed Alkaline Button Cell Batteries 377 AG1 AG3 AG4 AG10 AG12 AG13

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The Environment Agency has not provided advice on all waste streams from WEEE treatment. Printed circuit boards the number and size of samples your propose to take; you will need more if you handle loads of varying content

When the battery is fresh, R1 is small. As the chemical energy is depleted, R1 gets bigger. Why this happens is complicated, and I'm not a chemist, so I can't tell you in detail, but it has to do with the reactants being used up, and the battery plates getting covered in cruft, and so on. You must keep a copy of your assessment and it must be available to the Environment Agency on request.If your WEEE type is not listed in this guidance you will need to assess the items yourself. Assessing items of WEEE The Waste Shipments Regulation defines GC010 as Electrical assemblies consisting only of metals or alloys. And GC020 as:

An asterisk at the end of a code means the waste is hazardous. Fridges, freezers, chillers and air-conditioning units An asterisk at the end of a code means the waste is hazardous. Other household-type electricals from homes or businesses You must not use the 20 01 33* code for separately collected municipal fractions of mixed batteries for batteries you have separated during waste treatment. Exporting WEEE, treated WEEE and used electrical and electronic equipment ( EEE)White goods like household type washing machines, tumble driers, dishwashers and cookers are not hazardous or POPs waste. You must also use weatherproof covering in areas used for storage of waste containing hazardous material or fluids where this is necessary to avoid contamination of surface water. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the storage of:

You must store lamps in lidded, leakproof and weatherproof containers. The containers must prevent the ingress of water and the release of any lamp fragments should any lamps break. Most of Europe has adopted the European Waste Battery Directive in much the same way as us, but here in Britain what should have been a straight-forward and beneficial piece of legislation has been turned into a regulatory minefield. Unlike the rest of Europe, in Britain we have four separate versions of the same regulations. Retailers, collectors and recyclers of batteries are faced with different interpretations of the regulations in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. And the confusion doesn’t end there. The best storage and handling practices for batteries hasn’t been decided. The Health and Safety Executive has just announced that the Buxton H&S Laboratories are to research the storage and handling methods for batteries. The problem is that we do not know when they will give us the results, and it certainly won’t be before the new regulations come into force. details of your sampling methods, including how you work out battery weights, types, chemistry and contamination levelsIf you’ve assessed your waste and are still not sure if an item is hazardous or POPs waste, you should treat it as hazardous and POPs waste as a precaution. Components such as circuit boards, motors or any plastic parts may contain POPs. Usually there is not enough for the item to be classified as POPs waste. You must only export these to an EU, European Free Trade Association or Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD) country.

The recycling process is complete when the waste material is classed as end of waste and becomes usable for its original purpose (for example, extracted metals from waste batteries used in manufacturing components for new batteries) or for other purposes (for example, for manufacturing other components). You must classify any waste electrical and electronic equipment ( WEEE) that leaves your premises. In your waste transfer note or consignment note you must:An example of a hazardous and POPs waste is mixed waste from treating small mixed WEEE ( SMW). This is because it contains the contaminated plastics. Read the guidance classifying electronic and electrical equipment to find out which categories of WEEE are known to be hazardous and POPs waste. You must not use the green list waste codes GC010 or GC020 for electronic scrap containing hazardous chemicals or POPs. shredded WEEE or plastic containing fractions that may be persistent organic pollutant ( POPs) waste You must store any broken CRTs under weatherproof covering and prioritise them for treatment. Small mixed WEEE ( SMW)