The U.S. EPA is working on a Battery Collection Best Practices and Battery Labeling Guidelines project, which will provide a toolkit for local governments to use when implementing battery collection programs, among other deliverables. | Chepko-Danil-Vitalevich/Shutterstock
The U.S. EPA has held a series of expert working groups, aiming to find the most effective strategies to keep batteries out of the garbage and recycling streams. For a growing number of municipalities, including one major U.S. city, that is coming to mean offering the convenience of curbside collection.
More and more old tires are being recycled, and lithium ion batteries have caused several fires at a Midwest MRF.
Last year closed with record-setting numbers for battery collection and recycling in North America, according to stewardship group Call2Recycle.