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Update of Button Battery Collection in Japan for Proper Treatment of Mercury. Hiroki Kunugimoto Chairman of Button Battery Collection Committee Battery Association of Japan TWG Meeting, Jun. 16, 2011. Voluntary Scheme of Button Battery Collection by BAJ (Started in 2009).
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UpdateofButtonBatteryCollectioninJapanforProperTreatmentofMercuryUpdateofButtonBatteryCollectioninJapanforProperTreatmentofMercury HirokiKunugimoto ChairmanofButtonBatteryCollectionCommittee BatteryAssociationofJapan TWGMeeting,Jun.16,2011
VoluntarySchemeofButtonBatteryCollectionbyBAJ (Startedin2009) BatteryAssociation ofJapan(BAJ) Consumers FlowofSpentProducts ReceiveSpentButtonBatteriesfrom Consumers RegisterviaInternetorFAX FlowofOtherGoods Secretariat (Button Battery Collection Center) ParticipatingCompanies(BAJMembers) CollectionOutlets MoneyFlow Website, Call Center EntrustWasteDisposal (CooperativeShops) Entrustment FDK Sanyo Schick SII Sony Toshiba Panasonic Hitachi Varta Mitsubishi Siemens Starkey Nexcell InformationFlow CollectSpentButton Batteries(Wastein CollectionCans) Deliver CollectionCan EntrustTransportation Transportation Approvalby theMinisterof The Environment Sponsor InstructTransportation (Couriers) Report TransportSpentButton Batteries(Wastein CollectionCans) Reuse Entrust Disposal Mercury WasteDisposal Processing MaterialMaker SellValuables (Recycler) Report NothingLandfilled
The Results of FY2010:CooperativeShopsby Category The number of collection outlets increasedby2,255upto10,492. InparticularDIYandgroceryshowedbiggrowth. 10,492 8,237 BigGrowth! TheNumberofCooperativeShops (CumulativeBasis)
The Results of the First Year:CollectionbyShopCategory 65% ofcollectedbuttonbatterieswerefromhearingaidrelatedshops. (Unit: kg)
TransitionoftheWeightofCollectedButtonBatteries Thenewscheme(by BAJ)hasreplacedtheoldone(byeachmaker) withtheresult1.8timesasmuchasthefirstyear.Itispromisingthat in2011thetotalcollectionwillreachtherecordhigh. (kg) The OldScheme (1984-2008) Thenewschemestarted.
SamplingResearch Weopened23cansselectedbyshopcategoryand districtstocheckasfollows; • Weight andnumber(quantity) • bybatterytype • BAJmember orothers • Mercuryfreeor • mercuryadded(SR) • ProductionCode Date:Feb.9-10,2011 Personnel:15perday ShopCategory:Electric,MassMerchandiser, DIY,Grocery
SamplingResearch:MixtureRatiobyBattery Themixtureratiochangesdependingonthecategoryofshops. GroceryandDIYhaverelativelyhighratioofSRbattery.Theweighted averageshowsPRaccountsfor69%,LR22%,andSR9%. SamplingResearch TotalCollection Note:Themixtureratiooftotalcollectionisaweightedaveragebyusingthe resultsofsamplingresearch.
SamplingResearch:MercuryFreeProgressinSR Onadisposalbasis,mercuryfreeratiodoubledfromlastyearupto16%. IttakesSRbatteriestwotofouryearstobecomewastes. BreakdownbytheProductionYear ofSRBatteriesintheCollectedCans MercuryFreeRatioofSRBatteries IntheCollectedCans