RoHS Compliance

In December 2003, the RoHS and WEEE Technical Adaptation Committee concluded the RoHS and WEEE Directives did not apply to batteries. The WEEE Directive requires batteries be removed from WEEE before disposal and the batteries handled separately. Once removed from the WEEE, the Battery Directive addresses the requirements for collection and disposal of batteries. Among other provisions, the 2006 Battery Directive (2006-66-EC) clearly defines battery packs as “any set of batteries or accumulators that are connected together and/or encapsulated within an outer casing so as to form a complete unit that the end user is not intended to split up or open”.  Batteries and battery packs are exempt from the requirements of RoHS and WEEE, and they should be labeled, collected and recycled under the provisions of the Battery Directive.