European Union lawmakers have agreed to lower proposed rates for recycling household batteries after receiving feedback from several EU member nations.
According to an ABC News report, in a rules reading session in Strasbourg, France, the European Parliament voted to lower the targets for collecting batteries from what had earlier been agreed upon in 2003.
The EU’ member nations will now decide if the latest target rates are palatable, or else a third rules reading could take place.
In the second version currently being proposed, EU states will be required to recycle 25 percent of all portable batteries within six years of the new rules coming into force, with the rate climbing to 45 percent 10 years later.
According to the ABC News report, the assembly also voted to make battery producers pay for the costs of collecting, treating and recycling the batteries.
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