Mercury in Button Cells - USA Update - Presentation to the19th Trilateral Battery Working Group Meeting NEMA Dry Battery Section October 2016

All Hg-added BCs > 10 mg US - Summary As of 1 January 2015 . . . . State Products Banned Maine All Hg-added BCs Connecticut Rhode Island Louisiana All Hg-added BCs > 10 mg Wisconsin * Hg-added Zinc Air BCs Illinois * Producers cannot sell any zinc air BCs unless they certify to state authorities that they are Hg-free. Fines for fraudulent certifications. NEMA TWG 2016 BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL October 20, 2016 – NEMA Hdqts 2

BC PRODUCTS BANNED FROM SALE STATE EFFECTIVE DATE BC PRODUCTS BANNED FROM SALE OR DISTRIBUTION CONNECTICUT July 1, 2011   July 1, 2012 January 1, 2015 Hg-added Zinc air and Alkaline Manganese BCs All Hg-added BCs, except for . . . “Hg-silver oxide battery that is used exclusively in a medical device to automatically deliver insulin to a person” RHODE ISLAND January 1, 2012 Hg-added Zinc air and Alkaline Manganese BC All Hg-added BCs  MAINE    Hg-added Zinc air BCs Hg-added Alkaline Manganese BCs Silver Oxide BCs designated as follows: 357/SR44W, 364/SR621SW, 371SR920SW, 377/SR626SW, 395/SR927SW All Hg-Added BCs  LOUISIANA All Hg-Added BCs > 10 mg WISCONSIN January 1, 2013 Hg-added Zinc-air BCs ILLINOIS July 1, 2013 October 20, 2016 – NEMA Hdqts 3 NOTE: Ohio bans “novelties” with Hg-added BCs

Thanks for your attention! Contact Mark A. Kohorst 703-841-3249 703-841-3349 (fax) Mar_kohorst@nema.org NEMA Suite 1752 1300 North 17th Street Rosslyn, Va. 22209 NEMA TWG 2016 BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL October 20, 2016 – NEMA Hdqts 4