Lithium-ion Batteries: Explosions

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 20 November 2024.

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Photo of Alistair Strathern Alistair Strathern Labour, Hitchin

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the impact of lithium-ion battery explosions.

Photo of Mary Creagh Mary Creagh The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

I have discussed the risks that incorrect disposal of waste batteries can have at a senior level with the Environment Agency, including in the context of fires at waste sites.

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