RSR Corp.'s push to have spent lead-acid batteries governed under federal electronic waste regulations, and consequently banned from export, has divided the recycling industry. The existing policy allows U.S.-generated toxic waste to be exported to nations “ill equipped to manage the tragic consequences of mismanaged wastes,” Robert Finn, president and chief executive officer of the Dallas-based smelter, said in a letter submitted last month to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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