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Battery Recycling Best Practices
Agency NameEnvironmental Protection Agency
Funding Amount$10,000,000.00
Bureau Name
Environmental Programs and Management
Funding Mechanism
Contracts
New?
Yes
Funding Mechanism
Contracts
Funding Amount Notes
Period of Availability
fiscal year 2022, to remain available until September 30, 2026.
Recipients
N/A
Program Description
This investment will promote the safe handling of used batteries and improve battery recycling programs. The Environmental Protection Agency will develop best practices that may be implemented by State, Tribal, and local governments with respect to the collection of batteries to be recycled in a manner that to the maximum extent practicable, is technically and economically feasible for State, Tribal, and local governments; is environmentally sound and safe for waste management workers; and optimizes the value and use of material derived from recycling of batteries. The Environmental Protection Agency will develop the best practices in coordination with State, Tribal, and local governments and relevant nongovernmental and private sector entities.
Eligible Uses
The Administrator shall develop best practices that may be implemented by State, Tribal, and local governments with respect to the collection of batteries to be recycled in a manner that to the maximum extent practicable, is technically and economically feasible for State, Tribal, and local governments; is environmentally sound and safe for waste management workers; and optimizes the value and use of material derived from recycling of batteries.
Statutory Location
Division J, Title VI
Federal Cost Share Requirement
No non-Federal cost share required