Written questions

Electronic Equipment: Recycling

Commons · Question 15826 · Tabled 25 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 2 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people to (a) repair and (b) refurbish more (i) household appliances and (ii) electronic waste.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 2 Dec 2024

There is currently an existing right-to-repair scheme for a range of industrial and domestic energy-related products. Further policy development for waste electricals including on right-to-repair and ecodesign will be guided by the Government’s work to tr...