FRIDGE RECOVERY FACILITIES

Early day motion 555, tabled 19 January 2005 by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative). Signed by 64 members.

That this House regrets the lamentable record of the Government in relation to fridge recovery facilities; further regrets the damning conclusions of the Environment Agency Audit Report that half of reprocessors are not recovering a reasonable amount of ozone-depleting substances from their processed fridges; expresses concern that, despite the fact that 2.3 million fridges and freezers are discarded each year, the Government can only account for 1.3 million; and calls on the Government to take urgent action to ensure that fridge recycling plants in England and Wales meet the level of ozone-depleting substances recovery to prevent further damage to the environment caused by the failure properly to implement the policy on fridge disposal.

Signatures by party: Conservative 47, Liberal Democrat 6, DUP 3, Plaid Cymru 3, UUP 2, Independent 1, Labour 1.