Knowledge Base   Batteries   Recycling   Markets   Legislation   Glossary   Links

Association   Mission   Background   List of Members   Members Area

Press   Releases   Published   Positions

Contact   Contact us   How to find us

Search it!

 

Imprint

 

 
 We provide you here with position
 papers, technical papers and
 related documents.
 

 Position Papers

 
  Position Paper:
  The New Draft Battery Directive
  (21 June 2005)
 

 Frequently asked questions

 
  RECHARGE Questions and Answers
 

 Technical papers

 
   The Targeted Risk Assessment
     Report (TRAR)

   Portable Nickel-Cadmium Batteries
   Contribution to Cadmium Emissions
   as evaluated in the TRAR on the
   use of cadmium in batteries
   (Nov, 2004, download)

   Two page summary: additional
   explanation (objectives, ground-
   water, soil) (Nov 2004)

   TRAR on the use of
   cadmium in nickel-cadmium
   rechargeable batteries (May 2003)

   TRAR Annexes

   RECHARGE conclusions on the TRAR
   (24 Sept 2004)

   CSTEE opinion on the results of the
   TRAR (28 May 2004)

   ICDA press release on the TRAR
   (16 July 2004)



   Extended Impact Assessment
   (ExIA)

   Extended Impact Assessment
   (ExIA) on batteries prepared for the
   European Commission (July 2003)




   Importing batteries in EU Members
   States. R. Eloy (Saft) (16 Apr 2002)

   Consumers motivations to take
   back spent batteries and spent
   electrical and electronic equipment.
   M. Crocquet (CSA-TMO) and J-P
   Wiaux (CollectNiCad) (16 Apr 2002)
  
   EU Chemicals policy. Impact on the
   battery industry. S. Giraud (EPPA)
   (16 Apr 2002) 

   The US Recycling solution for
   manufacturers and marketers of
   rechargeable batteries and products
   containing them. R. Millard (RBRC)
   (16 Apr 2002) 

   Bosch-Why NiCd (14 Nov 2001)

   Black & Decker: Professional 12-Volt
   NiMH Comparison (16 Aug 2001) 

 

 Related documents

   Report on “contribution of spent
   batteries to the metal flows of
   municipal solid waste”. (Oct 2005)
   Full report (PDF, 678 KB)
   Executive summary (PDF, 32 KB)
   Short summary (PDF, 16 KB)
   Key figures (PDF, 106 KB)
 
   The flow of rechargeable batteries
   in the economy. The case study of
   portable nickel-cadmium batteries
   in Germany. Questions and answers
   (Nov 2004, download)
  
   Substitution of rechargeable NiCd
   batteries A background document to
   evaluate the possibilities of finding
   alternatives to NiCd batteries

   SANYO: The impact of the WEEE and
   RoHS Directives on the collection of
   spent rechargeable batteries
   (18 Jun 2003)