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Electronic Equipment: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce electronic waste.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
3 Apr 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce electronic waste.

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    This Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy. The UK is exposed to significant supply risks: 80% of the UK’s raw material footprint is extracted abroad, including almost all of the metal ores we use. A transition to a circular econo...

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