A UK Waste Batteries Regulations term for a battery treatment operator approved under regulation 59.
Approved battery treatment operator is a treatment-approval actor, not a generic recycler. Approval, receipt, treatment, evidence-note issuance, export, and recycling outcomes are related but separate events that need separate records.
This is a UK source-specific operator term from the Waste Batteries Regulations. It is not a generic recycler label; keep it separate from EU recycler, Brazil recycler, India recycler, and general waste-management terminology unless a specific source comparison is being made.
The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009
a battery treatment operator who has been approved under regulation 59.
Direct UK regulation definition from the interpretation provision for waste-battery producer responsibility and collection/recycling obligations.
Reference: Regulation 2(1)
Reviewed public draft page. Aligns with battery stewardship operations policy: separates scope gates, approvals, collection, transport, processing, registration, refurbishment, and management-obligation evidence.
UK context: UK Waste Batteries Regulations defines this term in UKSI 2009/890. This is useful UK-side context, not an EU Battery Regulation definition.
Implementation records should capture operator identifier, approval record, treatment site, waste-battery batch, receipt date, treatment route, evidence note, compliance scheme link, recycling/output record, and audit status.
Approved battery treatment operator is the treatment-approval control for UK waste-battery evidence. It should separate actor approval, batch receipt, treatment action, evidence-note issuance, and downstream recycling proof so approval is not mistaken for recovery outcome.