battery
A source-specific umbrella term for electrochemical energy-storage devices whose exact compliance meaning depends on jurisdiction, category, lifecycle status, and use case.
EU Battery RegulationUK Batteries Placing on Market RegulationsUK Waste Batteries Regulations
Read termelectric vehicle battery
A source-specific traction-battery category for batteries designed to power hybrid or electric vehicles, with EU thresholds that must be kept distinct from broader power-battery language.
EU Battery RegulationIndia Battery Waste Management Rules
Read termbattery pack
A complete battery assembly made from cells or modules, usually the practical unit installed, replaced, serviced, or traced in downstream workflows.
EU Battery RegulationUK Batteries Placing on Market RegulationsUK Waste Batteries Regulations
Read termproducer
A source-specific actor term for the entity a regulation treats as responsible for placing, supplying, selling, or managing batteries or products.
EU Battery RegulationGreen Claims / Empowering Consumers DirectiveUK Waste Batteries Regulations
Read termwaste battery
A battery that has become waste under the relevant source framework, triggering collection, treatment, recycling, and producer-responsibility evidence workflows.
EU Battery RegulationIndia Battery Waste Management Rules
Read termtreatment
The waste-stage operation layer covering recovery or disposal operations and preparation before them.
EU Battery RegulationIndia Battery Waste Management RulesEU Waste Framework Directive
Read termextended producer responsibility
An India battery-waste rule term for a producer’s responsibility for environmentally sound management of waste batteries.
India Battery Waste Management Rules
Read termportable battery
A source-specific category term for sealed, hand-carried or low-weight batteries, with different boundaries in EU, UK, India, and Brazil source texts.
EU Battery RegulationUK Waste Batteries RegulationsIndia Battery Waste Management Rules
Read termenvironmentally sound management
An India battery-waste rule term for managing waste batteries in a way that protects human health and the environment.
India Battery Waste Management RulesEU Waste Shipment Regulation
Read termindustrial battery
A source-specific battery category for industrial-use batteries and certain non-portable or heavier batteries in EU, UK, and India source texts.
EU Battery RegulationUK Waste Batteries RegulationsIndia Battery Waste Management Rules
Read termrecycler
A downstream actor term for entities that carry out recycling, with EU, India, and Brazil source layers kept separate.
EU Battery RegulationIndia Battery Waste Management RulesBrazil CONAMA Resolution 401/2008
Read termdisposal
The non-recovery waste route, even where reclamation of substances or energy is a secondary consequence.
India Battery Waste Management RulesEU Waste Framework DirectiveEU End-of-Life Vehicles Directive
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