42 U.S.C. § 14301 — Findings

Congress made three findings in this section. First, it's in the public interest to: phase out using mercury in batteries; set up efficient, cost-effective ways to collect and either recycle or properly dispose of used nickel-cadmium batteries, small sealed lead-acid batteries, and other "regulated batteries"; and educate the public about how to collect, recycle, and properly dispose of these batteries. Second, having one uniform set of national labeling rules -- for regulated batteries, for rechargeable consumer products that use them, and for product packaging -- will greatly help collection and recycling or disposal programs work well. Third, it's in the public interest to encourage people who use rechargeable batteries to take part in collecting used nickel-cadmium, small sealed lead-acid, and other regulated batteries so they can be recycled.