Akkukierrätys Pb Oy is responsible for all lead-based batteries used in vehicles or industry. When reporting the number of batteries imported, companies are asked to report the amounts separately for vehicle batteries and industrial batteries.
Lead-acid batteries of vehicles
- Cars (including the lead-acid batteries of hybrid and electric cars)
- Maintenance vehicles
- Lorries and buses
- Agriculture and forestry machinery
- Earth-moving machinery
- Vehicle-mounted cranes
- Mopeds and motorcycles
- Campers
Industrial lead-acid batteries
- Telecommunications
- Forklifts
- UPS
- Boats
- Material processing
- Alarm, fire and security systems
- Emergency exit lights
- Cleaning machinery
- Electricity grids
- Railways
- Industrial systems