Written questions

Electrical Goods: Recycling

Commons · Question 56048 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 9 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the public’s awareness of electrical goods recycling options; and what steps he plans to take to improve public awareness of those options.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 9 Jun 2025

The Waste Electronics and Electrical Equipment regulations make producers responsible for the electrical products they place on the market when they become waste. Within that framework producers fund a not-for-profit industry body Material Focus through t...