37 countries covered
Battery EPR fees worldwide
Portable, industrial, automotive and EV battery take-back fees, compared mechanism by mechanism across 37 countries.
How to read battery EPR fees
Battery EPR fees usually split first by chemistry and product family (portable, industrial, EV, LMT), then by weight band. Competing schemes in the same country can publish very different rates for the same fee code.
This page shows published ranges in each scheme’s own unit. Empty or pending cells mean no public grid yet — not a zero fee.
Compare mechanisms, not headline numbers across columns. Open the linked source on each country or PRO page before you contract.
Why there's no single ranked table
Most rates in this category have no per-kilogram equivalent: some are quoted per item, some in currencies this site doesn't convert, some with different tax treatment. Ranking figures measured on different bases would look authoritative and mean nothing — so this page shows published rate ranges per category and country, each in its own unit, never converted or ranked against each other.
What holds across countries
- Where a country lets several schemes compete, the same battery is often not the same price — in France, rates for an identical fee code can differ by more than 100% between schemes.
- Chemistry, not weight, is the axis every battery tariff is built on: every scheme splits its table by chemical composition first, and only then by weight band.
- Mixed units appear even inside a single tariff — French schemes price most categories per kilogram but light-transport batteries per item, in the same table.
- A published zero is a rate, not a gap: some tariffs set an official fee of exactly nil for a category, such as lead batteries whose scrap value already funds their own collection.
37 of 37 countries
| Country | Portable batteries | Light means of transport (LMT) | Starting, lighting & ignition (SLI) | Industrial batteries | Electric vehicle batteries | Not split by statutory category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AustraliaMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| Austria | 0.66–0.67 EUR/kg | — | — | — | — | — |
| Belgium | — | — | — | — | — | 0.064–55 EUR/unit 2.89–4.5 EUR/kg |
| BulgariaMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| CanadaMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| Croatia | 1.05 EUR/kg | — | — | — | — | — |
| CyprusMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| Czechia | 5.7–11.2 CZK/kg 0.1–0.3 CZK/pc | 0.28–7.7 CZK/kg | 0.28–7.7 CZK/kg | 0.28–12.2 CZK/kg | 0.28–2.5 CZK/kg | — |
| DenmarkMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| Estonia | 0.27–1.8 EUR/kg | — | 0.01 EUR/kg | 0.285 EUR/kg | — | — |
| Finland | 0.35–6 EUR/kg | 1.6 EUR/kg | 1.6 EUR/kg | 0.3–1.75 EUR/kg | — | — |
| France | 0.175–3.7 EUR/kg 0.3 EUR/unit | 0.69–16.12 EUR/unit | 0.002–0.785 EUR/kg | 0.002–3.073 EUR/kg | 0.017–0.085 EUR/kg | — |
| GeorgiaMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| GermanyMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| GreeceMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| Hungary | 160 | 239 | 390 | 239 | 239 | — |
| IrelandMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| Italy | 0.44–1.21 EUR/kg | 0.003–0.007 EUR/kg | 0.004 EUR/kg | 0.004–0.01 EUR/kg | 0.004–0.01 EUR/kg | — |
| JapanMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| Latvia | — | — | — | — | 0.25 EUR/kg | 0.74–17.03 EUR/kg |
| LithuaniaMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| Luxembourg | 0–0.07 EUR/unit | 5.85 EUR/unit | 0 EUR/unit | 0–5.85 EUR/unit | 7.02 EUR/unit | — |
| Netherlands | — | 1.268 EUR/kg | — | — | — | 0.003–35.582 EUR/unit |
| NorwayMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| Poland | 9 | — | — | — | — | 0.03 |
| Portugal | 0.014–1.965 EUR/kg | 0.73 EUR/kg | — | 0.028–1.73 EUR/kg | 0.113 EUR/kg | — |
| Romania | 1.5–1.95 RON/kg 0.01–1.5 RON/unit | 1.5–1.95 RON/kg | 0.1–1.5 RON/kg | 0.1–1.5 RON/kg | 0.195–1.5 RON/kg | — |
| SlovakiaMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| Slovenia | 0.008 EUR/kg | — | — | — | — | — |
| South AfricaMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| SpainMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| Sweden | 1–50 | 1–11 | 0.5–20 | 0.5–50 | 0.5–20 | — |
| Switzerland | 0.03–5.3 | 0.55–48 | 0.5–1120 | 0.05–904 | 4–7920.8 | — |
| TaiwanMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| Turkey | 33–170 TRY/kg | 80 TRY/kg | 0.8–250 TRY/kg | 0.8–8 TRY/kg | 250 TRY/kg | — |
| United KingdomMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
| United StatesMarket price | No statutory national tariff — competing schemes set their own market prices, without a public country-wide table. | |||||
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FAQs
What is EPR?+
Extended Producer Responsibility means producers pay for collection and recycling of products they place on the market — packaging, electronics, batteries, textiles and more. Fees usually go to a Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO).
What is a PRO?+
A Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) is the authorised take-back scheme that collects EPR fees and organises recycling for a given EPR. Some countries have one PRO; others have competing Pros.
Do you cover more than packaging?+
Yes — textiles, batteries, WEEE and additional EPR are listed by country. Packaging has the deepest tariff tables; other EPR grow as published grids appear.
Other EPR →How current are these figures?+
Each country page shows a verified “as of” date for the source we last checked. We keep collecting and refreshing published fees on an ongoing basis. Treat this as a research reference and confirm against the official source before you file or invoice.
Where do the numbers come from?+
We collect and curate published EPR fees for each market. Every country page shows a verification date and links to the official source. Before filing or invoicing, confirm against that source.