Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of regulating at home solar systems in order to ensure compatibility between brands to prevent e-waste.

Solar panels generally do not cause significant waste. Between 85% and 95% of the materials used in solar panels can be recycled.

Existing UK waste electrical and electronic equipment regulations require that producers fund the cost of collection, transport, and environmentally sound treatment of all household waste electricals, including solar panels.

All solar panel ‘Distributors’ must have a procedure in place to take back solar PV waste or contribute towards a Government-approved Distributor Take-Back Scheme to finance collections from local authority sites.