Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:06 PM 3/8/2001 -0000, Jem Kime wrote: > >Mercury PX625 PX13- 1.35 V are no longer allowed to be produced in the US >or Europe. Those were the only countries with plants outside Asia. The last >plant producing mercury cells was Varta in Ellwangen Germany. They were >ceasing production in December 1999. The only place where their might still >be production is China, but no-one there can find anything out about such >production. Production of mercury batteries has not been "outlawed" in the US. The Environmental Pollution Agency issued a regulation that manufacturers had to ensure that such batteries, though, did not entire the trash stream. Alternatives suggested included a "deposit and return" system (that is, for instance, an initial purchase of a battery might be $15 or so, with $5 being a deposit. Subsequent purchses would be at market price, but would require you to turn in one battery to be allowed to buy another.) The manufacturers declined to make such an arrangement and simply ceased production. Mercury batteries are still in production in the former Soviet Union. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!