http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/and-people-argue-that-the-uks-not-doing-enough-for-the-environment/ Politics, culture, surrealism... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:41:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/and-people-argue-that-the-uks-not-doing-enough-for-the-environment/#comment-1202 Vox Polis » Blog Archive » Extension to battery recycling scheme Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:52:19 +0000 http://joseki.redirectme.net/wordpress/?p=38#comment-1202 [...] We’ve mentioned the UKs abysmal performance at battery recycling a couple of times before so I pleased to read this morning that battery collection schemes are to become more widespread.  The extension, announced by Waste and Resources Action Programme, will bring battery collections to a total of 750000 households (still quite a few to go obviously).  It has to be said that changes to the design of personal electronics from using disposable batteries to rechargeable packs have significantly decreased the number of batteries that I get through a year but recycling schemes for the remainder are still inaccessible (or very badly publicised).  With an EU target of 25% of batteries recycled by 2012 we can hopefully expect to see more announcements of this sort. [...] [...] We’ve mentioned the UKs abysmal performance at battery recycling a couple of times before so I pleased to read this morning that battery collection schemes are to become more widespread.  The extension, announced by Waste and Resources Action Programme, will bring battery collections to a total of 750000 households (still quite a few to go obviously).  It has to be said that changes to the design of personal electronics from using disposable batteries to rechargeable packs have significantly decreased the number of batteries that I get through a year but recycling schemes for the remainder are still inaccessible (or very badly publicised).  With an EU target of 25% of batteries recycled by 2012 we can hopefully expect to see more announcements of this sort. [...]

]]> http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/and-people-argue-that-the-uks-not-doing-enough-for-the-environment/#comment-24 Vox Polis » Blog Archive » EU battery lawb Fri, 05 May 2006 20:57:53 +0000 http://joseki.redirectme.net/wordpress/?p=38#comment-24 [...] Looks like the EU has finally taken action on battery recycling…it’s about time, especially looking at the UK’s poor record as we reported here in February. [...] [...] Looks like the EU has finally taken action on battery recycling…it’s about time, especially looking at the UK’s poor record as we reported here in February. [...]

]]> http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/and-people-argue-that-the-uks-not-doing-enough-for-the-environment/#comment-10 DogPatch Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:48:06 +0000 http://joseki.redirectme.net/wordpress/?p=38#comment-10 Looks like the EU are getting in on this issue too... <a href="http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=180201434" rel="nofollow">eetimes</a> Looks like the EU are getting in on this issue too… eetimes

]]> http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/and-people-argue-that-the-uks-not-doing-enough-for-the-environment/#comment-9 Jonny Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:32:09 +0000 http://joseki.redirectme.net/wordpress/?p=38#comment-9 http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets/Batteries.htm has a reasonably up-to-date view of battery recycling in the UK and some technical details. The problem seems to be that there's no widespread public collection scheme e.g. at supermarkets. Sustained public pressure on councils could lead to action but mandatory targets would be a lot more effective. http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets/Batteries.htm has a reasonably up-to-date view of battery recycling in the UK and some technical details. The problem seems to be that there’s no widespread public collection scheme e.g. at supermarkets. Sustained public pressure on councils could lead to action but mandatory targets would be a lot more effective.

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