Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of (1) batteries, and (2) other waste electrical and electronic equipment, are recycled by (a) domestic households, (b) small and medium-sized commercial enterprises, (c) large commercial enterprises, (d) government departments, (e) local authorities, and (f) other public sector bodies.

The Government does not hold information in the form requested, but the overall collection and recycling rates for 2014 for these products and equipment expressed as a percentage of tonnage placed on the market is: -

36% of portable batteries;

37% of waste electrical and electronic equipment.

Industrialand automotive batteries are subject to a landfill disposal ban. Accordingly, all such batteries have to be recycled.