EU member states and MEPs have agreed a new law on recycling batteries aimed at protecting consumers and the environment from hazardous chemicals, but there are fears it will hardly have any impact.
"In reality there is not much effect in this directive," said an EU diplomat referring to the law agreed late on Tuesday evening (2 May).
The new law calls for a ban on the nickel-cadmium chemical in batteries but has an exemption for industrial power tools which account for 70 percent...
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