AMDEA (the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances) has outlined seven key policy recommendations to help deliver the circular economy into every home faster and more effectively.
Speaking at a reception at the House of Commons hosted by Dr Roz Savage MP, AMDEA Chair Teresa Arbuckle and AMDEA CEO Stefan Hay (pictured below) highlighted the achievements of the home appliance industry and the support needed from Government to build on this progress.
Over 100 guests attended the event in October, including parliamentarians, Defra Minister Mary Creagh MP (pictured right), senior civil servants, community groups and charities, retailers, trade associations and academics.
PhD researcher Minhal Mahmood shared details of joint City St George's University of London and AMDEA research into how new technologies can be deployed to enable more appliance repairs.
AMDEA CEO Stefan Hay said: "Our reception was an excellent opportunity for us to talk to our guests from Government and other stakeholders about the seven policy recommendations we are making that will support our members in delivering the circular economy into every home faster and more effectively. I was also delighted to have the opportunity to speak in some depth to Minister Creagh about AMDEA's strategic ambitions for the future."
AMDEA's seven policy recommendations include incentivising householders to repair by lowering VAT on spare parts and labour, encouraging a new generation of professional repairers through the employers' Growth and Skills Levy, promoting coordinated consumer messaging on repairability, leading the technology leap through simplified regulatory frameworks, strengthening the 'Repair or Replace?' evidence base, putting safety first by providing powers to deter unsafe spare parts being marketed online, and keeping consumer prices down by revising the dual burden of the Plastic Packaging Tax and Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility.
Speaking at a reception at the House of Commons hosted by Dr Roz Savage MP, AMDEA Chair Teresa Arbuckle and AMDEA CEO Stefan Hay (pictured below) highlighted the achievements of the home appliance industry and the support needed from Government to build on this progress.
Over 100 guests attended the event in October, including parliamentarians, Defra Minister Mary Creagh MP (pictured right), senior civil servants, community groups and charities, retailers, trade associations and academics.PhD researcher Minhal Mahmood shared details of joint City St George's University of London and AMDEA research into how new technologies can be deployed to enable more appliance repairs.
AMDEA CEO Stefan Hay said: "Our reception was an excellent opportunity for us to talk to our guests from Government and other stakeholders about the seven policy recommendations we are making that will support our members in delivering the circular economy into every home faster and more effectively. I was also delighted to have the opportunity to speak in some depth to Minister Creagh about AMDEA's strategic ambitions for the future."
AMDEA's seven policy recommendations include incentivising householders to repair by lowering VAT on spare parts and labour, encouraging a new generation of professional repairers through the employers' Growth and Skills Levy, promoting coordinated consumer messaging on repairability, leading the technology leap through simplified regulatory frameworks, strengthening the 'Repair or Replace?' evidence base, putting safety first by providing powers to deter unsafe spare parts being marketed online, and keeping consumer prices down by revising the dual burden of the Plastic Packaging Tax and Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility.
