Financing waste Batteries.

Article 23(1); on and from 26^th September 2008 each producer shall ensure that he or a third party acting on his behalf finances any net costs arising from;

1. collection, storage, treatment and recovery and/or disposal of waste batteries/accumulators included those incorporated in EEE and/or battery packs deposited at collection points and civic amenity facilities regardless on when placed on a market and their chemical composition
2. collection from the end users and environmentally sound management of waste industrial batteries relating to his products regardless on when placed on a market and their chemical composition
3. any public information campaign on collection, storage, treatment and recycling  of waste portable batteries in proportion to the quantity of portable batteries placed on a market in the State by him, excluding any portable batteries that left the State prior to being sold to the end users.