Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 19 September 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether retailers will be able to continue to offer take-back of end-of-life electrical products through their home delivery networks when this is reclassified as hazardous waste; and what plans she has to issue special waste carriers' licences to transport end-of-life electrical items that have been reclassified as hazardous waste.
Electrical or electronic equipment will be classified as hazardous waste only if it has hazardous components. We are aware that retailers are concerned that the reclassification may have implications for their take-back schemes and we are looking at ways of minimising any impact. Irrespective of this, a licence is not required for the transport of hazardous waste although since 1991 and in accordance with the EC Waste Framework Directive, waste carriers must be registered with the Environment Agency.
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