To compare options for implementing
the proposed Batteries Directive,
the study considered the environmental impacts associated with the management of forecast consumer portable battery waste arisings in the UK between 2006 and 2030. This included the collection and recycling of all portable battery chemistries, with the exception of industrial and automotive batteries.
The scope of the assessment has included the collection, sorting, recycling and residual waste management of the waste batteries. Impacts relating to the production and use of batteries were excluded from the study. Therefore, the options compared differ only in method of collection and subsequent treatment or recycling. Three collection scenarios were assessed, as follows:
Global Ozone layer Abiotic warming depletion
Fresh water
aquatic Terrestrial
ecotoxicity ecotoxicity Acidification phication
Implementation
Scenario