Not so green Gordon: EU Battery Directive 2006

Whoops. Gordon & New Liebour have failed so far to do what they signed up for.

Under the 2006 directive, all batteries must be handed in for recycling with the latest technology.

At the moment we recycle just 2%

Some 24000 tonnes go to landfill sites.

Compare that to Belgium where 59% is recycled.

Also no UK plants are capable of fully recycling standard batteries.

The UK government also disagree over who should pay for the program,be that industry or government. Whilst they sit about time runs out and fines await the next government, or is that what a certain Mr Gordon Brown wants?....

After all he and Blair sign the UK up and eventually he Brown, can sit on the opposition benches and finally "blame the Tories...."

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