Apparently, batteries only damage the environment if they are disposed of in Europe. The rest of the world is immune
Evening_Article_5044 on
I remember this confusing a ton of people back in the PS3 days. Same sticker shows up on old Nokia and Sony Ericsson batteries too. Basically just means “don’t throw this in the bin” rather than a regional lock.
jakob767 on
Probably because USA doesn’t have much of a sorting system or care for the environment.
Unless this specific product was also shipped in Asia or Africa.
Doctatrack on
This is what “cutting red tape” means. More money for capital and fuck the environment.
ziostraccette on
Do u throw batteries in the trash outside of Europe?
santathe1 on
I believe Europeans typically eat them.
Bright-Yesterday-546 on
The requirement for this label comes form the WEEE directive 2012/19/EU. Commonly it is printed on the back along with all the other necessary labels from around the world. Most electronics do it this way nowadays.
My guess is since the requirement came around 2012 and they had to add the requirement into running series production, they just added a stick-on label for the EU market as the easiest solution.
Benjamin_Goldstein on
Don’t worry. It only causes cancer in California
Project_Rees on
Here, in the UK, throwing batteries away in the bin is illegal.
Just an assumption here, but I’m assuming the rest of europe (its sad to speak about UK and europe seperately) also has strict rules about this?
These laws may not apply elsewhere so they specifically put this on for european products so they can’t be held accountable for not telling people to not throw it in a bin? And as its not a global thing, they dont see the financial point in including it in the molding process. Or simply haven’t got round to it.
Just a logical guess based on assumptions.
Ok_Nothing_0707 on
does it mean you can throw it in the trash outside of Europe? /s
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Apparently, batteries only damage the environment if they are disposed of in Europe. The rest of the world is immune
I remember this confusing a ton of people back in the PS3 days. Same sticker shows up on old Nokia and Sony Ericsson batteries too. Basically just means “don’t throw this in the bin” rather than a regional lock.
Probably because USA doesn’t have much of a sorting system or care for the environment.
Unless this specific product was also shipped in Asia or Africa.
This is what “cutting red tape” means. More money for capital and fuck the environment.
Do u throw batteries in the trash outside of Europe?
I believe Europeans typically eat them.
The requirement for this label comes form the WEEE directive 2012/19/EU. Commonly it is printed on the back along with all the other necessary labels from around the world. Most electronics do it this way nowadays.
My guess is since the requirement came around 2012 and they had to add the requirement into running series production, they just added a stick-on label for the EU market as the easiest solution.
Don’t worry. It only causes cancer in California
Here, in the UK, throwing batteries away in the bin is illegal.
Just an assumption here, but I’m assuming the rest of europe (its sad to speak about UK and europe seperately) also has strict rules about this?
These laws may not apply elsewhere so they specifically put this on for european products so they can’t be held accountable for not telling people to not throw it in a bin? And as its not a global thing, they dont see the financial point in including it in the molding process. Or simply haven’t got round to it.
Just a logical guess based on assumptions.
does it mean you can throw it in the trash outside of Europe? /s