Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 25803

Pesticides: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 22 January 2025

Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing a levy for the cost of disposing pesticide products.

Answer

Emma Hardy

The Government is not currently considering a levy for the safe and legal disposal of pesticide products. All pesticide users should follow good practice in the use, storage and disposal of pesticide products, and work to reduce the amount of waste they p...

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