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Battery Take-Back Legislation: EU Speciality or Worldwide Principle of Waste Management?
Ofira Varga, Senior Consultant
1WEEE Services GmbH
Do you remember the good old days, when government and, in particular, municipalities assumed overall responsibility for waste management? Unfortunately, from a producer’s perspective they are gone in many regions and countries. In 2006, the EU published the Directive 2006/66/EU on batteries and accumulators and introduced take-back obligations for battery producers. Read more about Battery Take-Back Legislation: EU Speciality or Worldwide Principle of Waste Management? …
Achieving ‘Charge Quality’ for Lead Acid Batteries in Industrial Motive Applications
Delta-Q Technologies
The battery pack is often the most expensive part of the bill of materials for an electric drive vehicle or industrial machine. The battery pack’s energy consumption, maintenance, and replacement costs are a significant driver of an end user’s total cost of ownership. How do we get the most out of something, the battery pack, that we know will eventually fail? Read more about Achieving ‘Charge Quality’ for Lead Acid Batteries in Industrial Motive Applications …
