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1121474

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date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Electronic Equipment: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that all household e-waste is recycled.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	244034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The current 2013 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations require producers to pay for the environmentally sound collection, treatment and recycling of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) when it becomes waste.</p><p> </p><p>Producers are set annual WEEE collection targets and finance the full cost of collection and proper treatment of household WEEE, including costs incurred by local authorities, which in turn must enable householders to deposit WEEE for recycling at household waste recycling centres.</p><p> </p><p>Retailers of EEE are required to either offer a like for like in-store take back upon sale of a new item of EEE or to provide funding support for local authorities to support collection, recycling and reuse of WEEE.</p><p> </p><p>The Government funds guidance for householders, including a postcode search function for UK WEEE disposal locations, available at: <a href="http://www.recyclenow.com" target="_blank">www.recyclenow.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Any producers that fail to meet their household WEEE collection target are required to contribute to a fund which provides further support to local authorities to support increased WEEE collections, leading to higher levels of recycling and reuse of unwanted WEEE.</p><p> </p><p>As laid out in our ambitious Resources and Waste Strategy, the Government will consult on reforms to the WEEE producer responsibility regime to drive more sustainable product design and further increase recycling rates by the end of 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/04/2019 12:00:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1110604

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Electronic Equipment: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the introduction of an electronic waste recycling fee on new purchases of electronic products.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	242729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The current Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations are based on producer responsibility where producers have a financial obligation to pay for the environmentally sound collection, treatment and recycling of electronic products when they become waste. The Government has committed to reviewing the current WEEE system by 2020. This will involve consultation across Government and with interested stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/04/2019 09:35:06 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1110821

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Electronic Equipment: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of electronic waste were recycled in each year in the UK since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	242703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount of obligated WEEE received for treatment at AATFs (tonnes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount of non-obligated WEEE received at AATFs for treatment (tonnes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total (tonnes)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>486,403.968</p></td><td><p>77,426.524</p></td><td><p>563,830.492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>505,398.630</p></td><td><p>74,667.937</p></td><td><p>580,066.567</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>501,050.257</p></td><td><p>158,319.669</p></td><td><p>659,369.926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>494,407.835</p></td><td><p>184,834.761</p></td><td><p>679,242.596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>509,809.170</p></td><td><p>134,811.069</p></td><td><p>644,620.239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>529,058.633</p></td><td><p>132,069.321</p></td><td><p>661,127.954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>592,428.047</p></td><td><p>126,999.022</p></td><td><p>719,427.069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>534,582.034</p></td><td><p>118,592.058</p></td><td><p>653,174.092</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>501,885.359</p></td><td><p>61,409.832</p></td><td><p>563,295.191</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The above table details the quantity of UK electronic waste received at Approved Authorised Treatment facilities for treatment and subsequent recycling for the period 2010 to 2018. This data only reflects electronic waste received at sites which have been approved as part of the WEEE regulations to issue WEEE evidence in support of the financial obligations placed on EEE producers.</p><p> </p><p>There are other waste operators, who will hold a permit issued under the Environmental Permitting regulations who will also be treating and recycling WEEE delivered to them outside of the WEEE producer Responsibility system. Such operators are not required under their data reporting requirement to provide specific WEEE data.</p><p> </p><p>Defra make a substantiated estimate on this additional WEEE treated and recycled, when reporting the UK position to the EU. The substantiated estimate is for an additional 270,000 tonnes per annum of WEEE being treated and recycled in addition to amounts detailed in the above table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/04/2019 14:01:19 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1110822

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Electronic Equipment: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of which local authorities have been most successful in collecting electronic and electrical waste waste for recycling.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	242704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>There has been no assessment undertaken on which local authorities have been most successful in collecting electronic and electrical waste for recycling and none is planned.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/04/2019 13:47:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1110823

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Electronic Equipment: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many centres for recycling electronic and electronic waste there are in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	242705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>There are currently 1,855 local authority household waste recycling centres approved as Designated Collection Facilities under the UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2013.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/04/2019 12:46:04 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1110827

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Electronic Equipment: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what new incentives is he considering to stimulate the recycling of electronic and electrical waste.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	242706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The current 2013 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations are based on producer responsibility requiring producers to pay for the environmentally sound collection, treatment and recycling of electronic products when they become waste. The WEEE Regulations have contributed to high levels of collection, treatment and recycling of electrical waste since 2014. Last year, producers financed the collection of 493,323 tonnes of household WEEE.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy sets out that we will consult on changing the WEEE producer responsibility regime by the end of 2020 as part of the strategy to increase resource efficiency and the adoption of circular economy principles. Measures to stimulate recycling of electrical and electronic equipment will consider how to reward producers for designing and selling more resource efficient products or services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/04/2019 13:07:10 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman