Australian Battery Recycling Initiative
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Posts Tagged ‘lithium batteries’

Export permit approvals

Posted on: May 14th, 2015

The Department of the Environment approved the following export permits for waste batteries in May: – MRI (Aust) Pty Ltd More…

Launch of the Australian Energy Storage Alliance

Posted on: October 29th, 2014

Integration of energy storage, including batteries at all levels, is driving transformational change in our energy networks, our renewable energy More…

Export permits for used batteries

Posted on: September 28th, 2014

Sims E-Recycling Pty Ltd has received a permit under the Hazardous Waste Act to export up to 60 tonnes of More…

New edition of Dangerous Goods Code published

Posted on: June 23rd, 2014

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

Posted on: April 29th, 2014

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

Posted on: April 28th, 2014

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

Posted on: October 15th, 2013

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

Posted on: August 5th, 2013

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

Posted on: July 22nd, 2013

The Battery Recycling Committee of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) is developing a chemistry identification system for automotive batteries. More…

Safety guidelines published

Posted on: June 29th, 2013

ABRI has prepared a series of guidelines on the safe collection, storage, transport and handling of used handheld batteries. They More…