New-laptop-battery - How can the battery recycling production enterprises with responsibility

Sunday, August 3, 2008 - How can the battery recycling production enterprises with responsibility

"Mobile phone batteries scrapped after the safe disposal, the manufacturer should bear an unshirkable responsibility." Beijing lawyer Zhao Xiaoliang sued Nokia for the provision of high-performance low-power mobile phone batteries and 190 yuan to each of the price of recycling waste batteries, Sound treatment, and the phone clearly marked brochures containing hazardous substances in mobile phones. The case has been handled in Beijing Haidian District People's Court, at present, the case is pending.

"Mobile phone recycling responsibility entrusted Whoť his recovery is the manufacturer? ťCountries have provisions?ť "

At present, China's "solid waste pollution prevention law" provides for producers of products of the production of solid waste pollution prevention law bear responsibility.

"The front of a mobile phone batteries to charge 23 days, for a new phone does not know how to deal with old batteries!" Recently, the Beijing CIB lawyers Zhao Xiaoliang, pointing to his Nokia N73 mobile phone reluctantly said ibm laptop battery.

By the end of December 2006, Zhao lawyer bought a Nokia N73 mobile phone. In use, he discovered that the phone battery standby time rather short, every 23 days to charge a power. Thus, Zhao lawyer purchased a new phone, and used the original mobile phone batteries and how to deal with waste has become his problem.

"Mobile phone battery is a highly dangerous goods, no matter where on the handling is not as long as the high-polluting sources." Zhao lawyers in the office, reporters saw the 67 old mobile phones. Because I do not know how to handle discarded cell phone batteries, Zhao's lawyers used their old phones have been unwittingly became a pile of Poly.

"I have spent more than 20 mobile phones, mobile phone batteries have at least a few dozen blocks, how to deal with these batteries bother me." Open mobile phone use guidelines, information on the battery under reads: Please phone according to local regulations. Please, where possible, recycling batteries. As the battery life will not be allowed to waste disposal.

Responsibility for recycling discarded cell phone to who ťmanufacturers is their recovery?ť China's laws and regulations have a requirement? ť

Zhao lawyers read the data found that there was no specific operational domestic legal provisions. At present, China's mobile phone battery recycling to the law applicable only "solid waste pollution prevention law", although the law provides for producers of products of the production of solid waste pollution prevention law bear responsibility, but how to assume responsibility in the end, and in what Bear no clear way.

At present, in many countries, cell phone manufacturers must bear all responsibility for recycling. Many countries have also established a set of recovery system.

Zhao lawyers also found that Nokia in the Manual of poisonous and harmful substances are marked only with recommended standards, but not the poisonous and harmful substances composition, content, duration and will use environmentally friendly recycling of a statement. Cell phone batteries and other electronics products have their own environmental years, if more than the required environmental years, the body of harmful substances will cause damage.

"Battery exports to the EU, starting in 2008 need to recovery, cost recovery from the manufacturer burden. And China is not the contrary, our country is not because there is no specific legal provisions, such as Nokia of the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers can not comply with the ? ť" Zhao lawyers in the mobile phone battery recycling on the issue from a more true.

"According to 'Who Who is responsible for the production' principle, enterprises should not assume full responsibility for the recoveryť "

Zhao Xiaoliang that Nokia should take a cell phone battery recycling its obligations and social responsibility, in profit, while it should take to eliminate and reduce their products caused by hazardous consequences

In the interview, the reporter found, and Zhao lawyers as a result of the lack of channels for recycling discarded cell phone batteries will be left at home without making handling a large number of people, many people's attitude is "recovery point too little, far from home, went out." There are few battery dropped into the general trash. Individual users will be used batteries together with the recovery of mobile phone handsets sold to the streets of staff.

China Mobile in 2005 from the joint Motorola, Nokia, and other well-known international mobile phone manufacturers launched "green box environmental projects." Mobile phone users to waste, batteries get the Office of the main business recovery may be back to 10 yuan bills. According to the activities of the person in charge, the start of the 2005 recovery rate of less than 1 percent of the battery, the 2006 recovery of abandoned mobile phones and accessories for the number of 60,000, 260 more than in 2007 to 10,000. And the abandoned more than 300 million cell phones compared to the enormous and ultimately safe disposal of only a small part of compaq laptop battery .

"Public enthusiasm for recycling of used batteries low, countries need to vigorously promote, in accordance with the 'Who Who is responsible for the production' principle, enterprises should not assume full responsibility for the recoveryť "Zhao lawyers that the Nokia (China) Communication Technology Services Ltd. And Nokia Mobile phones as the research and development, production, sale, the discarded cell phone batteries has an unshirkable responsibility.

In his view, in accordance with the "solid waste pollution prevention law" and the "Contract Law," the relevant provisions of Nokia assume their phone battery recycling obligations and social responsibility. As mobile phones and mobile phone battery producers, the defendants in profit at the same time, it should take to eliminate and reduce their products harm caused by the consequences of taking corresponding social responsibility, and signed the consumers paid the "cell phone and battery recycling waste agreement "Unified sound recovery after treatment.

"Who Who is responsible for production, recycling responsibility should be clearly"

Zhao lawyers hope that through this litigation so that the phone battery recycling waste problems arising from the Government, manufacturers and social attention

Since the first mention of the domestic mobile phone battery recycling of public interest litigation, Zhao Xiaoliang social awareness has gradually high up. Many people expressed support, but some people feel that he is only in the show.

In response, Zhao lawyers in the performance of more frankly, "public interest litigation of this brand is not relying on one or two cases to be put up, sometimes not known what is wrong, at least can promote waste battery recycling system more perfect." Zhao lawyers Hope that through this lawsuit to waste battery recycling issues arising from the Government, manufacturers and social importance.

"Mobile phone manufacturers recovery action no pressure, because it has not done well not to punish the laws and regulations. In the absence of the implementation details of the circumstances, the mobile phone manufacturers should have this attitude of wait and shelvingť "With these worries And questions, Zhao counsel to the Environmental Protection write a letter minister, called on the Government to actively promote mobile phone batteries and other electronic waste disposal of the relevant legislation. The Environmental Protection Department of Pollution Control Department of Solid Waste Management Department official said a call-back, looking forward to the trial court findings will promote the relevant legislation.