Kerbside recycling schemes 'best for batteries'

19 November 2008

The results of a three-year battery collection trial by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) suggest that council-operated kerbside schemes are the most cost-effective way to collect household batteries.

The trials involved 940,000 households across the UK trialling one of six collection methods.

As well as council-run kerbside collections, these included community sector-operated kerbside collections, community drop-off, postal, retail take-back and, NHS and fire service collections.

A report, published last week, found retailer take-back incurred higher collection costs than the kerbside option. WRAP said authorities ‘should be encouraged to collect batteries through kerbside collection schemes, as these types of schemes had shown the best per capital collection rate.’

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