Nowadays, environmental policy is focusing on environmental impacts emanating from products along their life cycle. A wide range of product policy instruments have been introduced in order to cope with these impacts: product bans, labelling prescriptions, take-back obligations, disposal charges, eco-labels etc. Batteries are one product dealt with by several of these instruments. An EC Directive on Batteries and Accumulators Containing Dangerous Substances includes labelling prescriptions and calls for the installation of a recollection system. This Directive also proposes depositrefund schemes for achieving sufficient return quotas.