Batteries: Recycling
2026-05-12 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · 155 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the operational feasibility of retailers providing battery takeback services, particularly where products are sold through physical and onlin
Answer
Under current producer responsibility legislation for batteries in Great Britain, retailers of portable batteries must already offer takeback services for waste portable batteries if they sell or supply 32kg or more of portable batteries per year. Retaile...