Question follow-through · 37856
Electronic Equipment: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce electronic waste.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- 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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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
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.
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Waste: Crime
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