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Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Waste Directive; with what outcomes; and if he will make a statement. (242801)

This Department has worked consistently with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. DEFRA have more recently played a key role in the review of the UK WEEE system announced in July 2008. We will continue to work closely with DEFRA, as the UK WEEE system matures, to ensure that we maximise the separate collection of WEEE within the UK and reach the highest standards of treatment and reprocessing.