July 2012

Battery Product Stewardship in Belgium and Switzerland

Batteries hold special significance for the Global Product Stewardship Council. We led a European study tour that included industry-led battery product stewardship programs in Belgium and Switzerland (referred to as BEBAT and INOBAT, respectively). Several GlobalPSC corporate members, Call2Recycle, Raw Materials Company Inc., MobileMuster and TES-AMM Australia New Zealand operate programs that collect and recycle various batteries. The GlobalPSC is also currently assisting one of our government members, Sustainability Victoria, by facilitating research and stakeholder discussions for battery product stewardship in Australia. Here we look at some of the lessons from Belgium and Switzerland.