Information on Automotive Battery Collection

Published on 04/04/2019

As a producer of automotive batteries under the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, we are obligated to collect, free of charge and within a reasonable time, waste automotive batteries supplied to an end user for treatment and recycling e.g. garages, scrap yards, end-of-life vehicle authorised facilities, civic amenity sites, etc. We are required to do this in any calendar year we place new automotive batteries on the market. 

See below the list of automotive batteries placed on the market by Komatsu UK Ltd:

Automotive battery chemistry type:

  • Lithium poly carbon monoflouride
  • Lithium manganese dioxide
  • Nickel metal hydride
  • Lead acid    

If you require us to take back any automotive batteries, please contact us using the below details. We will agree the necessary arrangements for the collection, proper treatment and recycling of the waste automotive batteries.

Komatsu UK Ltd
Durham Road
Birtley
County Durham
DH3 2QX
Tel: 0044 (0) 191 410 3155 (Health, Safety and Environmental section)
Email: environmentalenquires.uk@komatsu.eu