Starting this year, California consumers will pay a 1.5% fee on all products with an embedded battery under a law that aims to curb the risk of battery fires and increase the recycling of lithium ...
With the start of the new year, Californians will pay a new fee every time they buy a product with a non-removable battery — ...
The fee that customers began to pay in the new year is just one piece of the state’s evolving response to an emerging risk.