Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 22820

Electrical Goods: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 8 January 2025
Answered: 13 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Sojan Joseph

LabourAshford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to include the recycling of small electrical items as part of household waste collections.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Waste Electronics and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) regulations make producers responsible for the electrical products they place on the market when they become waste. As part of this producers can pay into the WEEE Compliance Fee fund that provides pro...

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