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

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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