TABLE OF CONTENTS

Submitted to:

Environment Canada

February 2007

1. LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
4. 1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
5. 2. METHODOLOGY
6. 3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON CONSUMER BATTERIES
   1. 3.1 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW AND CHARACTERISTICS
   2. 3.2 BATTERY CHARACTERISTICS
      1. 3.2.1 Primary Consumer Batteries
      2. 3.2.2 Secondary Consumer Batteries
   3. 3.3 COMPOSITION OF BATTERIES
   4. 3.4 CURRENT STATUS OF THE CANADIAN CONSUMER BATTERY MARKET
   5. 3.5 CURRENT CONSUMER BATTERY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN CANADA
      1. 3.5.1 HHW (Household Hazardous Waste) Management Programs
      2. 3.5.2 Rechargable Battery Recycling Corporation
      3. 3.5.3 Cell Phone Collection Programs
   6. 3.6 REPORTED CONSUMER BATTERY GENERATION AND RECOVERY RATES
   7. 3.7 REPORTED EUROPEAN CONSUMER BATTERY GENERATION AND RECOVERY RATES
7. 4. CANADIAN CONSUMER BATTERY SALES AND MODEL ASSUMPTIONS
   1. 4.1 ANNUAL SALES OF SECONDARY (RECHARGEABLE) BATTERIES
   2. 4.2 PRIMARY BATTERY SALES ESTIMATES
   3. 4.3 COMPARISON OF CANADIAN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CONSUMER BATTERY SALES ESTIMATES WITH OTHER SOURCES
   4. 4.4 BATTERY WEIGHT DATA
   5. 4.5 BATTERY LIFESPAN
   6. 4.6 BATTERY REUSE
   7. 4.7 BATTERY STORAGE
   8. 4.8 ASSUMED RECYCLING RATES FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BATTERIES
8. 5. BATTERY FLOW ESTIMATES
   1. 5.1 BATTERIES SOLD IN CANADA
   2. 5.2 BATTERIES DISCARDED ANNUALLY IN CANADA
   3. 5.3 FLOW OF CONSUMER BATTERIES IN 2004
   4. 5.4 LOADING OF METALS AND OTHER MATERIALS CONTAINED IN CONSUMER BATTERIES
   5. 5.5 ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH RISKS POSED BY CONSUMER BATTERIES DISPOSED IN CANADA (2004)
9. 6. BATTERY LEGISLATION, POLICIES AND MANAGEMENT
   1. 6.1 CANADA
      1. 6.1.1 Content Restrictions
      2. 6.1.2 Manifesting and Handling Requirements
      3. 6.1.3 Environmental Labelling
      4. 6.1.4 Canadian Municipal Collection and/or Disposal Bans
      5. 6.1.5 Stewardship and Take Back Programs
   2. 6.2 UNITED STATES
      1. 6.2.1 State Leaders in Legislation and/or Programs Targeting Batteries
   3. 6.3 EUROPE
      1. 6.3.1 WEEE and RoHS Directives
   4. 6.4 JAPAN
   5. 6.5 TAIWAN
10. 7. ISSUES AND TRENDS IN PRODUCT AND BATTERY DESIGN
    1. 7.1 ISSUES
    2. 7.2 MARKET SHARE TRENDS
    3. 7.3 TRENDS
11. 8. CONCLUSIONS
12. 9. GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS
13. 10. REFERENCES
14. APPENDIX A BATTERY INDUSTRY SURVEY TEMPLATE
15. APPENDIX B Canadian Consumer Battery Flow Model Output Tables