Post on 16-Jul-2015
SPANISH FEDERATION OF
RECOVERY AND
RECYCLING
16TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR
BATTERY RECYCLING
September 2011
FER
Metals Recycling
Spanish Recycling Industry
Spanish Automotive Batteries Management
Spanish Automotive Batteries Facts
Legislation
Voluntary Agreement7
FER
• Since 1982, FER defends the interests of the recycling sector in different economic, technical and social fields
• Represents companies involved in the collection, trade, processing and recycling of ferrous and non-ferrous metal waste
• FER members represent 90 % of the material recovered in Spain
• Member of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), the European Ferrous Recovery and Recycling Federation (EFR) and of the European Metal Trade and Recycling Federation (EUROMETREC)
Metals Recycling
Materials:
Ferrous Scrap
Non Ferrous Scrap
Mixed Scrap
Others
COLLECTION
STORAGE
SORTINGTREATMENT
Ferrous Scrap:•Profiles•Sheets•Shavings
Non Ferrous Scrap•Profiles•Cables
Mixed Scrap:•End-of Live Vehicles•WEEE
Others:•Used Tyres•Hazardous waste
SMALL: 20.000 MEDIUM: 2.000
SMELTING:4
SUPPLIERS: 47 Millons
BIG: 40
Spanish Recycling Industry
USERS
GARAGE
DEPOLLUTION FACILITY
OTHERS
RECYCLING FACILITY
LEAD SMELTING & BATTERIES FACTORY
POLYPROPYLENE EXTRUDER
INTERMEDIATE WASTE
MANAGER/ COLLECTOR & TRANSPORT
Spanish Lead-acid Batteries Management
Spanish Lead-acid Batteries Facts
More than 100.000 t/year of Lead-acidbatteries are placed on the market
About 100% of the Lead-acid batteries are collected
About 98 % of all battery lead is recycled
Closed Cycle
Legislation
Real Decreto 106/2008 on batteries and accumulators
Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries
and accumulators
VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS
Directive 2008/12/EC amending Directive 2006/66/EC
Real Decreto 943/2010 amendingReal Decreto 106/2008
OmnibusReal Decreto
367/2010
Voluntary Agreement7
Agreement between all operators involved in Lead-acid batteries management
Lead-acid batteries
•Automotive batteries
•Industrial batteries
Voluntary Agreement7
OBJETIVES
Fulfill obligations regarding collection and management laid down in the legislation
keep forms of management that have been applied to date with:
• Very high percentage of collection and recycling
•No cost to customer or end user.
Keep free competition and concurrence of operators
Voluntary Agreement Members
PRODUCERS´ ASSOCIATIONS
GENERATORS´ ASSOCIATIONS
WASTE MANAGERS AND COLLECTORS ASSOCIATIONS
SMELTERS´ASSOCIATIONS
7
USERS
GARAGE
DEPOLLUTION FACILITY
OTHERS
RECYCLING FACILITY
LEAD SMELTING & BATTERIES FACTORY
POLYPROPYLENE EXTRUDER
INTERMEDIATE WASTE
MANAGER/ COLLECTOR & TRANSPORT
Spanish Lead-acid Batteries Management 7
THANKS FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
SPANISH FEDERATION OF RECOVERY AND RECYCLINGconsultas@recuperacion.org
www.recuperacion.org