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Batteries: Waste Disposal

Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 10 December 2025UIN 97550

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with waste disposal plant operators on the risk of fire in facilities from disposable items with batteries, such as vape products.

Answered by Mary Creagh

We remain engaged with industry, including waste disposal operators on the risk of waste battery fires. The Government have already acted quickly to reduce one of the main causes of waste batteries fires, by banning disposable vapes earlier this year.

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