All batteries – both single-use and rechargeable – can be dangerous to your health and home if the manufacturer’s instructions are not followed.

Households and the General Public:

Many state and local law enforcement agencies, communities, and organizations have established take-back events, mail-back, and other collection programs to collect old, expired, or simply unwanted prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals from households.

• Final Regulation (pdf) (This is the final Federal regulation)
• Iron and Steel Foundries EPA Brochure (pdf) (This is an informative brochure compiled by the EPA)
• Mercury Switch Recovery Program (This is a link to the mercury switch removal program discussed in the regula

In 1995, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) issued a memo known as the Once-in-Always-In (OIAI) policy that effectively made all major source designations permanent regardless of whether emission reductions lowered facility emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) to less than major source thresholds. On January 25, 2018, the US EPA released another memo that ultimately reversed the OIAI policy to allow major source facilities to reclassify as area sources. This new memo became known as the Major MACT to Area (MM2A) policy memo.