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Lithium-ion Batteries: Explosions

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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 13282, tabled on 8 November 2024

Question

Alistair Strathern
Labour
Hitchin
Commons

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.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Labour
Coventry East
Commons

Answered on

20 November 2024

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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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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