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.