About the Batteries Programme
Research shows that the average household uses 21 batteries per year and that around 600m UK batteries are sent to landfill every year.
WRAP is working in partnership with a range of local authorities and not-for-profit organisations that already run recycling collection services to roll out one of the biggest kerbside battery collection trials in the UK.
Another trial will include 'drop off' points such as supermarkets and other methods of collection.
Supported by funding from Defra through the Business Resource Efficiency and Waste (BREW) Programme and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the trials form part of a wider effort to develop cost-effective ways for the UK to meet the forthcoming EU Batteries Directive which is expected to require the collection of 25% of household batteries by 2012.
The results of the various trials will be used to help Government identify the best mechanisms and most efficient methods of collecting batteries in line with the target.
