The Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) and three other organizations filed joint comments addressing questions posed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in the following document:
RFI Development of Best Practices for Collection of Batteries to be Recycled and Voluntary Battery Labeling Guidelines (“RFI”)
See EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0340.
The other organizations joining the comments included:
Battery Council International
Global Electronics Council
National Waste & Recycling Association
(Collectively, “SWANA”)
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