Recycling batteries and chargers_

These are all devices using electric power (AC, cells or batteries ):

• - household appliances
• - computing
• - telephony
• - hi-fi and video
• - tools (DIY and gardening)
• - the toys
• - Heating and air conditioning
• - Battery and computer charger

Alongside metal and plastic, DEEE may contain pollutants or hazardous to health such as cadmium, lead, mercury, refrigerants or asbestos.

This is also why the EU decided in 2003 to regulate to ensure recovery of these pollutants and to limit the damage to the health and the environment.

Consumers should not discard the product with household waste. They must be brought into the collection system and adequate treatment.

The manufacturers of the products themselves must contribute to one of the four organizations recognized by the Government: Ecosystemes, which weighs 70% of the appliance market in France, EcoLogic (15-20%), ERP (10%) and Récylum, which has a monopoly for the lamps and bulbs. These agencies will, thanks to the funds raised to organize the collection, sorting and treatment of waste.

Eco body decides its operation and may itself choose to use external providers to perform operations of collection and treatment / recycling.

The amount of the manufacturer's contribution varies by property. No schedule has been officially set (competition). Indication here is an excerpt from the price list Eco-systems:

• - Monitor or TV over 32 inches : 8 -
• - Monitor or TV under 20 inches: - 1
• - Computer CPU: - 1
• - Laptop : 0,30-
• - Mobile phone: 0,01 -
• - Hi-Fi : 0,50-
• - Raclette : 0,50 -
• - Refrigerator: 13 -

The OCAD3E SAS is authorized to offset the costs of the selective collection of household DEEE supported by local authorities.

The household DEEE sector started on 15 November 2006. Since then, the contribution must be displayed when there is a sale of products, the return proccess must be operational, communities must be able to sign contracts with the coordinating body and be collected.