Australian Battery Recycling Initiative
ABRI's vision is simple: effective stewardship of all end of life batteries

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ABRI in the media

Posted on: July 26th, 2011

ABRI and several member organisations featured in an article in The Age newspaper on 21 July 2011 entitled ‘Dead and buried More…

Recycling rare earth metals from batteries

Posted on: August 2nd, 2011

Umicore and Rhodia have announced the first recycling program for rare earth metals from Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries. The program More…

Life cycle benefits of battery recycling

Posted on: September 7th, 2011

The environmental benefits of battery recycling depend on the reprocessing technologies and collection systems used. This is one of the conclusions of two More…

Responsible recycling of used lead acid batteries

Posted on: September 15th, 2011

Implementing some basic requirements for the management of used lead acid batteries (ULAB) will help companies to: – manage their business More…

ABRI speaking at Waste & Recycling Expo, 10 November 2011

Posted on: October 17th, 2011

Helen Lewis from ABRI will be one of the speakers at the Product Stewardship & Innovation in Resource Recovery forum More…

Electric vehicle battery forum, Shanghai 7-10 November

Posted on: October 17th, 2011

The next EV Battery Forum, to be held in Shanghai in November, will include presentations from 20 vehicle companies including Tesla, More…

New partnership announced for e-waste recycling

Posted on: November 11th, 2011

The rollout of  the National Television and Computer Product Stewardship Scheme, a co-regulated scheme under the Product Stewardship Act 2011, has received a More…

Research on lead acid battery use, disposal and recycling in Australia

Posted on: November 11th, 2011

Planet Ark has released new research on the lead acid battery recycling behaviour of Australians.  The research involved a survey of 1000 More…