EPA’s New RCRA Guidance Finds Li-Ion Batteries Are ‘Hazardous Waste’

EPA has determined that lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries, widely used in electric vehicles (EVs) and household appliances, are most likely to be “hazardous waste” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and is subjecting them to a series of different waste law requirements during the disposal and recycling processes. “Today the Agency is clarifying that most lithium-ion batteries are likely hazardous waste at end of life and that they can be managed under the streamlined hazardous waste management standards for...