All battery producers in the UK are required to be registered with the Government as part of an EU-wide initiative to increase battery collection/recycling and completely prohibit the landfill/incineration of automotive, industrial and portable batteries.
As a producer of automotive batteries under the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, we Mercedes-Benz Vans UK Ltd. are obliged to collect, free of charge and within a reasonable time, waste automotive batteries for treatment and recycling from final holders e.g. garages, scrap yards, end-of-life vehicle Authorised Treatment Facilities, Civic Amenity Sites, etc. We are required to do this in any calendar year we place new automotive batteries on the market.
If you require us to take back any automotive batteries, please contact us via your chosen Mercedes-Benz Retailer. We will agree the necessary arrangements for the collection, proper treatment and recycling of the waste automotive batteries.
Portable batteries i.e. sealed batteries that can easily be carried and found in items such as car remotes, alarm controls, torches, mobile phones, MP3 players, calculators can be taken to your nearest Mercedes-Benz Retailer for collection. Other collection points are available at places such as large supermarkets and shops, DIY stores as well as civic amenity sites.
To find your nearest recycling facilities for automotive and portable batteries visit www.recycle-more.co.uk.
As a producer of industrial batteries under the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, we Mercedes-Benz UK Ltd. produce Lithium-ion batteries.
We are obliged to take back free of charge, waste industrial batteries supplied to an end user for treatment and recycling. We are required to do this in any calendar year we place new industrial batteries on the market.
If any of our customers or in certain cases other end users, require us to take back Industrial batteries, they should contact us via your chosen Mercedes-Benz Dealer. We will agree the necessary arrangements for the return, proper treatment and recycling of the waste industrial batteries.
You can find information regarding the return, collection and recovery systems available to you for packaging at www.recycle-more.co.uk.
Information regarding packaging markings and their potential for recovery or recycling can be found by visiting https://www.recycle-more.co.uk/symbols-on-packaging-
* Autogreen's network of Authorised Treatment Facilities and take-back points will take registered Mercedes-Benz vehicles. These sites will not charge for the disposal of these vehicles if the vehicle is complete, i.e. the vehicle must include its essential component parts, including but not limited to its engine, transmission drive, coachworks/chassis, catalytic converter, wheels, and must not contain waste.
As part of Autogreen’s Rewarding Recycling Programme they may be able to provide you with a value for your vehicle’s recycled parts and metals.
End of life vehicle legislation makes provision for the free take back of all vehicles up to a maximum gross vehicle weight of 3.5T.
However if your vehicle exceeds this weight, Autogreen may consider the take back of your vehicle subject to applicable terms and conditions.