{"id":2042,"date":"2021-01-25T12:26:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T12:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.elretur.dk\/your-producer-responsibility\/batteries\/"},"modified":"2021-05-04T12:25:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T12:25:31","slug":"batteries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.elretur.dk\/en\/your-producer-responsibility\/batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row el_class=”container page-title”][vc_column][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle” el_class=”wrapper”][vc_column_inner el_class=”text” animation_in_type=”transition.slideUpBigIn” animation_in_offset=”100″ animation_in_duration=”500″ animation_in_delay=”0″][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”container page-content”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Are you subject to the extended producer responsibility for batteries? Find out here, and see what it means for your company, and not least how Elretur can help you live up to your producer responsibility obligations.[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”Who does it affect?”]Producer responsibility rests with anyone who sells batteries that are subject to the duty of registration as the first stage of sale in Denmark. In other words the producer responsibility lies with both companies that produce and sell batteries in Denmark, and companies that import batteries from abroad and sell them in Denmark.<\/p>\n

Built-in batteries are also covered by the extended producer responsibility. For example, these can be batteries in a musical card or a remote control .<\/em>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Which batteries are covered (batteries subject to registration)?”]All batteries covered by the extended producer responsibility, with the exception of batteries used to protect Denmark\u2019s security interests or in equipment that is sent out into space. The covered batteries are defined in the Executive Order on Batteries as: 1) portable batteries, 2) industrial batteries and 3) car batteries. \u201cPortable batteries\u201d are all batteries that are not either industrial batteries or car batteries. All household batteries are portable batteries, but standard batteries used in business products are also portable. The term \u201cportable\u201d should not be taken literally. \u201cIndustrial batteries\u201d are batteries manufactured exclusively for industrial use or for use in electric vehicles. \u201cCar batteries\u201d are batteries used exclusively for starting engines.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Obligations arising from the extended producer responsibility”]Duty to register and report<\/strong> The extended producer responsibility entails a duty to register with the Danish Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s producer register (DPA-System), which is publicly available. You must register no later than 14 days before you begin selling the products. If your company sells portable batteries, you have an additional obligation to register with the Danish Business Authority (Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen). In addition, every year, your company must report information such as how many kilos of batteries you have sold, how many kilos of spent batteries you have collected, etc. Elretur handles this reporting obligation for its members. It is a criminal offence to sell the batteries without being registered in the offical producer register, and to buy the batteries from an unregistered manufacturer. Collection and disposal obligation<\/strong> All manufacturers\/importers are responsible for disposing of and handling their spent batteries in an environmentally responsible manner. Portable batteries are collected from municipal collection points, which the Danish Environmental Protection Agency allocates to manufacturers\/importers once a year. As it is an impossible task for the individual companies to deal with the collection and reprocessing of the spent portable batteries themselves, they have typically signed up for a producer organisation such as Elretur in order to meet these obligations. Manufacturers of industrial and car batteries must accept returns of their own batteries. The producers therefore do not need to have a producer organisation to handle their producer responsibility, but membership of Elretur may still be beneficial, as Elretur handles the administrative tasks in relation to the authorities, and offers members advice on producer responsibility. Elretur does not offer a take-back service for industrial batteries and car batteries, as some batteries are very costly to upcycle, while others can be a source of income due to the reusable raw materials. Therefore, it is not possible to offer a fair solution for all manufacturers of industrial and car batteries. Duty to provide information<\/strong> In order to prevent end-users from disposing of spent batteries as household waste, producers\/importers are obliged to:<\/p>\n