CHARM Act

Key Points

• This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to create a national plan for recycling important minerals from trash and industrial waste. These minerals are used to build things like smartphones, electric cars, and medical equipment.
• The government will look for ways to pull these minerals out of old mining piles and metal processing waste. This helps turn leftover waste into useful materials for American manufacturing.
• By recycling more minerals at home, the plan aims to make the country less dependent on other nations for the raw materials needed for modern technology.
• The agency must work with other federal offices to find legal or technical problems that make recycling these minerals difficult today.
• Every two years, the agency will give a report to Congress explaining what they have done to help recover these minerals and suggesting new laws if they are needed.

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