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Slow progress tackling UK 'e-waste tsunami' - MPs
The Environment Audit Committee is "disappointed" with the government's efforts to deal with the issue.
The letter urged the government to widen the scope of its consultation "to ensure that the broadest possible proposals can be brought forward in order to move the UK to a zero-waste economy". Among proposals in a government consultation on the issue - which ended on 7 March - were making producers of electrical goods more responsible for their collection and treatment when they reach end-of-life, as well as for the net cost of this. They would also require online sellers and retailers to offer a free collection on delivery service for bulky domestic electronics, such as washing machines or TVs.
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