Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 15002. Section 15002.
The definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
CHAPTER 2. Definitions [15002. - 15012.]
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 2.
in effectCal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 15003. Section 15003.
“Battery pack” means any combination of dry cell batteries containing one or more rechargeable batteries that is usually assembled for a particular application and commonly has wire leads, terminals, and dielectric housing.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 15004. Section 15004.
“Board” means the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 15005. Section 15005.
“Dry cell battery” means any type of enclosed device or sealed container consisting of one or more voltaic or galvanic cells, electrically connected to produce electric energy, composed of lead, lithium, manganese, mercury, mercuric oxide, silver oxide, cadmium, zinc, copper, or other metals, or any combination thereof, of any shape, including, but not limited to, button, coin, cylindrical, or rectangular, and of a liquid starved or gel electrolyte, that is designed for commercial industrial, medical, institutional, or household use, including any alkaline, manganese, lithium, mercuric oxide, silver oxide, zinc-air, or zinc-carbon battery, or any rechargeable battery.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 15006. Section 15006.
“Easily removable,” with respect to a rechargeable battery or battery pack, means that the rechargeable battery or battery pack is either detachable or readily removable from a consumer product by a consumer with the use of common household tools at the end of the life of the product, the rechargeable battery or battery pack.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 15007. Section 15007.
“Manufacturer” means any person who manufactures dry cell batteries, rechargeable batteries or battery packs, or rechargeable consumer products.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 15008. Section 15008.
“Mercuric oxide button cell battery” means a battery which contains mercuric oxide electrodes, resembles buttons in size and shape, and is used in consumer products such as hearing aids.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 15009. Section 15009.
“Mercuric oxide battery” means a battery containing mercuric oxide electrodes, except that mercuric oxide button cells are excluded from this definition.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 15010. Section 15010.
(a)
“Rechargeable battery” means any dry cell battery containing an electrode composed of cadmium or lead, or any combination thereof, of any shape that is designed for reuse, and is capable of being recharged after repeated uses.
(b)
“Rechargeable battery” does not include either of the following:
(1)
Any dry cell battery that is used as the principal power source for transportation, including, but not limited to, automobiles, motorcycles, or boats.
(2)
Any battery that is used only as a backup power source for memory or program instruction storage, timekeeping, or any similar purpose that requires uninterrupted electrical power in order to function if the primary energy supply fails or fluctuates momentarily.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 15011. Section 15011.
“Rechargeable consumer product” means any product, including any laptop computer or cordless electric tool or appliance, which, when sold at retail, contains, or is sold with, a rechargeable battery as its primary power supply, and that is commonly used for personal or household purposes. A rechargeable consumer product does not include remanufactured products.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 15012. Section 15012.
“Remanufactured product” means a rechargeable consumer product manufactured prior to July 1, 1994, which has been returned to the manufacturer for refurbishment and either returned to the consumer or resold.
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