The Department of the Environment approved the following export permits for waste batteries in May: – MRI (Aust) Pty Ltd More…
Posts Tagged ‘lithium batteries’
Launch of the Australian Energy Storage Alliance
Integration of energy storage, including batteries at all levels, is driving transformational change in our energy networks, our renewable energy More…
New edition of Dangerous Goods Code published
The Australian Dangerous Goods Code has been updated, with edition 7.3 published in June 2014. The code can be downloaded More…
NSW council leads in battery recycling
The Resource Recovery Centre at Mossvale, 100 km south of Sydney, has a permanent drop-off facility for used automotive and More…
ABRI’s action plan
ABRI members discussed their priorities for the next 12 months at their AGM and associated meetings in March. The Handheld More…
Lessons from the International Congress for Battery Recycling
ABRI’s CEO Helen Lewis recently addressed the International Congress for Battery Recycling (ICBR) on achievements to date and current issues More…
New regulations for transporting lithium batteries
The United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods met in December 2012 to finalise amendments to More…
Labelling of automotive batteries for recycling
The Battery Recycling Committee of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) is developing a chemistry identification system for automotive batteries. More…
Safety guidelines published
ABRI has prepared a series of guidelines on the safe collection, storage, transport and handling of used handheld batteries. They More…