Recycling: Batteries

Lord Taylor of Holbeach
asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 27 October (WA 149), whether they will commission a feasibility study into the construction of a battery recycling plant in an area of the United Kingdom suffering from high unemployment. [HL6272]

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change & Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)
We have no plans to commission such a study. The increased collection of batteries under the forthcoming legislation to implement the EU batteries directive will provide incentives for investment in recycling capacity. However, it is for the industry itself to make decisions about such investment.