Takaisin karttanäkymään

Automotive batteries (lead acid)

Many batteries contain hazardous materials. Bring batteries to the correct recycling! Materials recovered from batteries are recycled as a raw material for new products.

Lajitteluohje

Tämä lajitteluohjesivu on eri kielellä kuin valitsemasi kieli. Voit palata karttanäkymään ja valita kierrätettävän materiaalin omalla kiellelläsi.

Always observe local and collection point specific instructions! The following are some general guidelines based on prevailing practices.

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  • automotive batteries
  • car, van and lorry batteries
  • motorcycle and moped batteries
  • three-wheeler and quadbike batteries
  • tractor, machinery and all-terrain vehicle batteries
  • batteries of work machinery built on a car chassis
  • towable and motorless vehicle batteries
  • trailer batteries
  • camper van batteries
  • museum vehicle batteries
  • maintenance vehicle batteries
  • emergency exit sign batteries
  • reserve batteries
  • forklift batteries
  • cleaning machine batteries
  • boat battery

Collecting and transportation

Batteries can often be returned to the store they were bought from or another similar store. The batteries are transported from the collection point to treatment plants.

Handling

The batteries are dismantled to usable materials at a treatment plant.

Recycling and recovery

Nearly 100 per cent of the lead can be utilised and is used, for example, for manufacturing new batteries. The plastic is recycled as battery casing material. Some components can be utilised as energy in waste power plants

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Lead-acid batteries are identified by the Pb marking on the battery. Lead, a central component of a lead-acid battery, is a heavy metal. Discarding a used battery in nature damages the environment.

Responsible organizers

In Finland the producers and importers of automotive batteries are responsible for the collection and recycling of waste batteries.

  • Akkukierrätys Pb Oy
  • Atoy Automotive Finland Oy