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Table 24-4 Estimated Producer Costs for <strong>Waste</strong> Battery Disposal<br />

454<br />

12 12 Months Months End End 25<br />

25<br />

September<br />

September<br />

29/09/09<br />

Collection Collection Collection Rate Rate<br />

Annual Annual Cost<br />

Cost<br />

2009 10% € 117,765 – 283,913<br />

2010 15% € 176,648 – 425,870<br />

2011 20% € 235,531 – 567,826<br />

2012 25% € 294,413 – 709,783<br />

2013 30% € 353,296 – 851,739<br />

2014 35% € 412,178 – 993,696<br />

2015 40% € 471,061 – 1,135,653<br />

2016 45% € 529,944 – 1,277,609<br />

2017 50% € 588,826 – 1,419,566<br />

2018 55% € 647,709 – 1,561,522<br />

Source: DoEHLG, RIA Report, 2008<br />

24.9 Response from Public and Industry<br />

In order to minimise the impact implementation <strong>of</strong> the Directive will have on<br />

businesses, the Regulations specifically provide for:<br />

� An exemption for retailers from having to have a valid waste collection permit<br />

and valid waste permit;<br />

� Permitting EEE and battery retailers to use composite point <strong>of</strong> sale / display<br />

signage;<br />

� Producers having the option to establish and maintain their own registration<br />

system; and<br />

� The removal <strong>of</strong> the burden for individual compliance by permitting producers<br />

to participate in collective compliance schemes.<br />

It is too early to gauge the strength <strong>of</strong> response from the public and no data is<br />

available as at the time <strong>of</strong> writing to evaluate performance. It is clear that such an<br />

evaluation will be made more difficult by the lack <strong>of</strong> quality data regarding the<br />

baseline tonnages <strong>of</strong> batteries in the market.<br />

24.10 Effects on Technical Change / Innovation<br />

Any innovation on the battery industry, whether linked to evolving battery chemistry<br />

composition or sorting/reprocessing improvements will not be isolated to any<br />

Member State. These technology changes are happening in a global context and are<br />

discussed in Section 25.8.

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