Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13283

Lithium-ion Batteries: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 8 November 2024
Answered: 18 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Alistair Strathern

LabourHitchin

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to regulate the safe disposal of lithium-ion batteries.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Existing UK regulations place a number of obligations related to battery disposal on producers of lithium-ion batteries and products containing lithium-ion batteries. These obligations include the requirement for all batteries sold in the UK to be clearly...

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