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UK Waste Batteries Regulations Glossary

UK waste-battery definitions covering portable, industrial, and automotive batteries, producer responsibility, distribution, approved treatment/export, and evidence notes.

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High-level summary

UK waste-battery definitions covering portable, industrial, and automotive batteries, producer responsibility, distribution, approved treatment/export, and evidence notes.

This source is relevant because it adds UK producer-responsibility and waste-battery collection/recycling vocabulary to the glossary. It is especially useful for distinguishing product-category terms from end-of-life and evidence-note obligations.

Who it affects

  • Battery producers and distributors in UK waste-battery workflows
  • Recyclers, treatment operators, and exporters handling waste portable batteries
  • Compliance teams comparing UK waste-battery categories with EU battery-passport and circularity terminology

Key defined terms

A short curated set of terms to help readers orient themselves before moving into the full regulation-specific glossary.

battery

A source-specific umbrella term for electrochemical energy-storage devices, with separate EU, UK, India, Brazil, and Ontario source layers.

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battery pack

A battery assembly term for cells or modules connected or enclosed as a complete unit that the end-user is not meant to split up or open.

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producer

A source-specific actor term for the entity a regulation treats as responsible for placing, supplying, selling, or managing batteries or products.

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portable 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.

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industrial battery

A source-specific battery category for industrial-use batteries and certain non-portable or heavier batteries in EU, UK, and India source texts.

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approved battery exporter

A UK Waste Batteries Regulations term for an exporter approved under regulation 59.

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approved battery treatment operator

A UK Waste Batteries Regulations term for a battery treatment operator approved under regulation 59.

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battery compliance scheme

A UK Waste Batteries Regulations term for an approved battery compliance scheme that can organise producer-responsibility duties for waste batteries.

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battery producer registration number

A UK Waste Batteries Regulations identifier allocated to a producer under regulation 28 or regulation 45.

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automotive battery

A UK and India battery category for batteries used for automotive starter, lighting or ignition power.

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distributor

A downstream market-actor term for a person in the supply chain who makes products or batteries available without being the manufacturer or importer, subject to the source rule.

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batteries evidence note

A UK Waste Batteries Regulations term for evidence issued by an approved battery treatment operator or approved battery exporter for accepted waste portable battery tonnage.

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