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Battery recycling

  • 23-08-2013 11:58am
    #1
    Kungfu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭


    I recently bought a new battery from a motorcycle dealership which they installed. My old battery was disposed of and they charged me €6 for doing this. I wasn't asked if I wanted them to dispose of the old battery or make my own arrangements. Does this seem right? I have heard of WEEE and from that understood that when you purchased a new battery or batteries the retailer must take the old ones from you for disposal but there was no mention of the customer having to pay for this. I could have taken the old battery to a bring centre.


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  • #2
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Yes, that is the case, ask for the battery and bring it to the recycling center.

    Why did you agree to it if you didn't want to do it ?


  • #3
    dudara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Moved to Sustainability & Environmental Issues

    dudara


  • #4
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Kungfu wrote: »
    I wasn't asked if I wanted them to dispose of the old battery or make my own arrangements.
    keithclancy wrote: »
    Why did you agree to it if you didn't want to do it ?
    Sounds like he never agreed, tbh, as he was never asked.


  • #5
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Are you sure the €6 wasn't an advance payment for disposal of the new battery, the so-call Producer Recycling Fund? It appears on all advertisements for white goods like washing machines etc.


  • #6
    Kungfu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Kungfu


    keithclancy wrote: »
    Yes, that is the case, ask for the battery and bring it to the recycling center.

    Why did you agree to it if you didn't want to do it ?

    I didn't agree to it. I left my bike in regarding an issue which turned out to be down to the battery needing replacement. All I agreed to was the purchase and installation of the new battery. I wasn't consulted about disposal of the old battery. When I collected my bike I paid and received the receipt/invoice. It wasn't until later that I noticed the "environmental charge" of €6.


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  • #7
    Kungfu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Kungfu


    coylemj wrote: »
    Are you sure the €6 wasn't an advance payment for disposal of the new battery, the so-call Producer Recycling Fund? It appears on all advertisements for white goods like washing machines etc.

    But I thought that the regulations state that batteries must be disposed of free of charge. You are not supposed to even have to make a purchase. Any business retailing batteries must provide this service free of charge even if you haven't bought a battery from them so long as you don't turn up with loads of batteries. And especially so when you have actually purchased a battery from them?


  • #8
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    I'd nearly name and shame.

    Lead Acid batters are worth money, though a motorcycle battery probably isn't worth the trouble.

    In Dublin Ballymount takes them free.


  • #9
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    I'd nearly name and shame.

    Lead Acid batters are worth money, though a motorcycle battery probably isn't worth the trouble.

    In Dublin Ballymount takes them free.


    DCC Recycling Centres in Ringsend and at Shamrock Terrace take them for free too.


    http://www.dublincity.ie/WaterWasteEnvironment/Waste/RecyclingServices/Pages/CivicAmenitySites.aspx

    http://dublinwaste.ie/files/Ringsend%20Charges%202011_1.pdf




    http://www.dublinwaste.ie/bring_bank.php?fac_pid=2

    http://www.dublinwaste.ie/files/North%20Strand%20Rec%20Centre%202011.pdf


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