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Kerbside collections for small electrical goods such as toasters and hairdryers could be rolled out across the UK from 2026 under government proposals to boost recycling.

Ministers are also considering drop-off points in retailers where households can recycle unwanted items for free.

And shops and online sellers would be made to pick up unwanted or broken larger electrical items such as fridges when delivering replacements.

A 10-week consultation is taking place.

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[–] patchexempt@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago

yeah I don't know; I imagine the per-unit cost of this will be pretty low in the end, and won't incentivize much change at all to the products since it'll be a fraction of the cost, but I would love to be wrong: things that last longer and are supported longer are obviously the best choice, and feel in very short supply. but something is changing: look at the Android phones from Google and Samsung which have seen a tremendous increase in support length; that's (probably?) due to consumer demand and government pressures, so yeah it might matter in the end.