Conciliation agreement: batteries to be collected, nature protected

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Series Details 3.5.06
Publication Date 03/05/2006
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Only six EU Member States currently have schemes for collecting spent portable batteries and accumulators. Following a deal reached on 2 May 2006 in the Conciliation Committee between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, a new EU directive will ensure that such schemes are set up throughout Europe by 2008. The aim: to protect nature and rubbish dumps from the often toxic substances contained in the tons of batteries we use. In future our old batteries will have to be collected and recycled.
Source Link Link to Main Source http://europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/064-7797-123-05-18-911-20060502IPR07754-03-05-2006-2006-false/default_en.htm
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European Commission: Press Release: IP/06/561: Batteries: Commissioner Dimas welcomes conciliation agreement of the European Parliament and the Council http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/561&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
European Commission: DG Environment: Policies: Waste: Batteries http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/waste/batteries/index.htm
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