Regulation No. 5 of the Minister of the Environment validating the Requirements for Handling Waste Batteries and Accumulators. Pays/Territoire Estonie Type du document Règlement Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Déchets et substances dangereuses Mot clé Déchets non-ménagers Gestion des déchets Élimination de déchets Déchets dangereux Recyclage/réemploi Aire géographique Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Europe du Nord Entry into force notes This Regulation enters into force on 26 September 2008. Résumé This Regulation establishes the requirements for handling batteries and accumulators, including the waste batteries and accumulators removed from electrical and electronic equipment and motor vehicles. In order to sort or recycle waste batteries and accumulators or prepare waste batteries and accumulators for disposal, fluids and acids shall be removed therefrom, as a minimum. Deposit of waste industrial batteries and accumulators and waste automotive batteries and accumulators in landfills and incineration of waste industrial batteries and accumulators and waste automotive batteries and accumulators in incineration plants is prohibited. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.legaltext.ee