We take care of the producer responsibilities of companies.
Akkukierrätys Pb Oy
Akkukierrätys Pb Oy was founded in 2008 to take care of the producer responsibilities of companies importing lead-acid batteries in vehicles or industry. Akkukierrätys Pb Oy is the only producer organisation approved in Finland for lead-acid batteries.
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#BatteryRegulationSeminar: Producer organisations make producer responsibility manageable – even in times of change
The EU Battery Regulation significantly reforms producer responsibility systems for batteries. At the Battery Regulation Seminar held in August 2025 at Heureka Science Center in Vantaa, participants learned about the regulation’s impacts on the operations of producer organisations: distributors’ obligation to take back batteries as well as stricter efficiency and recovery requirements will change future…
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#BatteryRegulationSeminar: EU battery regulation tightens requirements, but recycling service providers believe in collaboration: “This is a chain that we all influence”
Recycling service providers believe the battery regulation will accelerate raw material markets and the development of recycling technologies. Producer responsibility often forms the financial basis for battery recycling, as there has not yet been demand for all the chemical substances they contain. Business opportunities in reuse are also of interest. At the Battery Regulation Seminar,…
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#BatteryRegulationSeminar: the EU Battery Regulation imposes obligations on all actors in the value chain
The changes in waste management and extended producer responsibility under the EU Battery Regulation entered into force on 18 August 2025. Batteries may no longer be placed on the market without fulfilling producer responsibility obligations and meeting the requirements of the Regulation. In Finland, these obligations are fulfilled by joining a producer responsibility organisation (PRO).…
Stay up to date with the progress and content of the Battery Regulation
As the producer organisations, it is important for us to remain up-to-date and share information on how the content of the EU’s Battery Regulation will affect the responsibility of producers of batteries and accumulators in particular.