Accutome ACCUPEN User Manual

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22Maintenance, Storage and Troubleshooting Battery Disposal4. Used batteries should be shipped with the sameregulations as those for new Lithium/ Thionyl Chlo-ride batteries.5. Accutome recommends that cells and batteries fordisposal should be collected, transported and dis-posed of in a manner that will prevent short-circuit(the terminals taped).6. Handling of used cells and batteries should bedone according to the safety instructions of freshcells.7. Recycling of the cells and batteries should bedone in authorized facilities, through licensedwaste carrier. A recycler in US is listed below.Disposal in EuropeThe European Community (EC) has issued twodirectives; 91/157/EEC and 93/86/EEC. These directivesare implemented by each member country in a differentway. Thus, in each country the manufacturers, importersand users are responsible for the proper disposal orrecycling.In accordance with these directives the AccuPen®Lithium Cells do not contain dangerous substances. Thereaction products are inorganic and do not representenvironmental hazards, once the decomposition orneutralization process has terminated.Disposal in USLithium batteries are neither specifically listed norexempted from the Federal Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) hazardous waste regulations, asconveyed by the Resources Conservation and RecoveryAct (RCRA). The only metal of possible concern in thecell is the lithium metal that is not listed or characterizedas a toxic hazardous waste. Significant amount of spentcells and batteries that are untreated and not fullydischarged are considered as reactive hazardous waste.Thus, hazardous waste of spent cells and batteries canbe disposed after they are first neutralized through anapproved secondary treatment prior to disposal (as