ARCHIVE: Contacts and links for information about batteries

Distributors of portable batteries

If you are a distributor of portable batteries and require further information or have a question, you should contact the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) who is the enforcement body for distributors:

Web: www.vca.gov.uk
Email: batteries@vca.gov.uk
Helpline: 0844 8000819

Producers of portable batteries

If you are a producer of portable batteries, and require further information or have a question, you should contact the Environment Agency, who is the enforcement body for portable battery producers:

Web: www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Email: batteries@environment-agency.gov.uk
Helpline: 08708 506 506

Producers of automotive and industrial batteries

If you are a producer of industrial or automotive batteries and require further information or have a question, you should visit the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS):

Web: www.berr.gov.uk
Helpline: 020 7215 5000

If you would like further information not covered by these pages, you can contact Defra at:

Portable Batteries
Producer Responsibility Unit
Waste Regulation and Business Waste
Defra
Area D, Floor 6
Ergon House
Horseferry Road
London, SW1P 2AL
Email: portable.batteries@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Portable Batteries Stakeholder Consultation Group

Defra has convened a Portable Batteries Stakeholder Consultation Group to inform and advise Defra on progress and issues arising with the system for collecting and recycling portable batteries, stemming from the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 and Batteries and Accumulators Directive 2006.  The Terms of Reference (PDF 90 KB) for this group is available here.

To ensure the group is effective, the group needs to be kept to a reasonable size. Members have been selected to provide fair representation for those affected by the Regulations, but Defra will keep membership of the group under review.

Should you have a specific issue you would like the group to address, please contact Defra directly at the dedicated mailbox portable.batteries@defra.gsi.gov.uk.

Details of the group’s membership can be seen below:-

REPRESENTATIVE

STATUS

ATTENDEES

Defra

Chair/Secretariat

 

BIS

Observer

 

Devolved Administrations

Observer
  • Welsh Assembly Government (WAG)
  • Scottish Government
  • Northern Ireland Assembly

Environment Agencies

Observer
  • Environment Agency (EA)
  • Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
  • Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)

Enforcement body for distributors

Observer
  • Vehicle Certificate Agency

Batteries Producer Representatives

Member
  • British Battery Manufacturers Association
  • Proctor and Gamble
  • Recharge
  • Panasonic

Batteries Distributor Representatives

Member
  • British Retail Consortium
  • Association of Convenience Stores

Batteries Compliance Schemes

Member
  • Battery Back
  • Valpak
  • ERP-Recycling
  • CCR-UK
  • Budgetpack
  • Ebatt (REPIC)

Approved Batteries Treatment Operators/Exporters

Member
  • G & P Batteries / H J Enthoven
  • Green World Trading Loddon  Recycling
  • Regenersis
  • Accumulator Recycling

Local Authorities Representatives

Member
  • Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee
  • Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
  • ARC21
  • Welsh Local Government Association

Links to other Government Departments and Agencies

Information on recycling

  • Directgov recycling batteries - Advice for members of the public on how and where to recycle batteries.
  • Recycle Now - Postcode locator tool for finding recycling points for batteries and other items

Industry organisations

Page last modified: 20 April 2010
Page published: 28 October 2009