Crossed-out Wheeled Bin

Disclaimer: This document provides guidance and is not a legally binding interpretation and shall therefore not be relied upon as legal advice.

On the Battery

Default symbol on a battery
Battery directive 2006/66/EC

Battery with more than 0,0005 % mercury (Hg)

Battery with more than 0,002 % cadmium (Cd)

Battery with more than 0,004 % lead (Pb)

The symbol shall cover at least 3 % of the area of the largest side of the battery up to a maximum size of 5 by 5 cm.
In the case of cylindrical cells, the symbol shall cover at least 1,5 % of the surface area of the battery and shall have a maximum size of 5 by 5 cm.
If the size of the battery is such that the symbol would be smaller than 0,5 by 0,5 cm then the battery need not be marked but a symbol measuring at least 1 by 1 cm shall be printed on the packaging.
The symbol indicating the heavy metal content (Hg, Cd, Pb) shall be printed beneath the symbol and shall cover an area of at least one-quarter the size of that symbol.

* For more details on the dimensions refer to standard EN 61429 and to the international recycling symbol ISO 7000-1135.

* Check also the marking guidelines in the EN 60086-x series of standards for batteries.

Wheel bin measurements

The symbol shown in Annex IX of the WEEE directive 2012/19/EU - preferably according to EN 50419.
According to Article 15.2 of the WEEE Directive (and based on clause 4 of EN 50419) the following two

markings shall be applied on the product to identify a) the producer and b) that the equipment is put on the market after 13 August 2005:
(a) An unique identification of the producer: brand name, trademark, company registration number or other suitable means.
(b1) The date of manufacture / put on the market, in un-coded text in accordance with ISO 8601 or other coded text, for which the code shall be made available for treatment facilities or:
(b2) Marking with an additional mark (the bar) as shown in the figure to the left.
The symbol shall have a minimum height of 7 mm (a = 3,33 mm). The bar shall be at least 1 mm (0,3 a).
The symbol’s dimensional relationship is the same as required for batteries and defined in EN 61429.