Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97550
Batteries: Waste Disposal
Tabled: 5 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025
Question
Jim McMahon
Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with waste disposal plant operators on the risk of fire in facilities from disposable items with batteries, such as vape products.
Answer
Mary CreaghWe remain engaged with industry, including waste disposal operators on the risk of waste battery fires. The Government have already acted quickly to reduce one of the main causes of waste batteries fires, by banning disposable vapes earlier this year.