Approved Battery Treatment Operators and
Exporters
Waste portable, industrial and automotive
batteries are required to be:
- treated and recycled by an Approved Battery
Treatment Operator (ABTO);
- delivered to an ABTO, then treated and
recycled by another facility on behalf of the ABTO;
- exported for treatment and/or recycling by an
Approved Battery Exporter (ABE).
ABTOs and ABEs can issue evidence of recycling
or of export for recycling as required by Battery Compliance
Schemes to meet their obligations. This applies to waste portable
batteries only.
There is no evidence system for industrial or
automotive batteries, but they must still be treated by an ABTO or
exported for treatment by an ABE.
The approval process
Treatment facilities in Scotland must apply to
SEPA to operate as an ABTO or ABE.
Information on how to apply can be found in
guidance note
NPWD08 
(69kb). Information is also
available in Part 7 and Schedule 4 of the Batteries
Regulations 
, or on pages
44–49 of the Government
Guidance Notes ( 342kb).
Transfrontier shipment of
waste
Any waste that is exported overseas for recovery must comply
with
EC Regulation 1013/2006 on
shipments of waste and the Transfrontier
Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 .
Further information on the transfrontier
shipment of waste is available on our website, alternatively
please can contact a member of our Produce
Compliance & Waste Shipment Unit.