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AMAZON and eBay will have to fund a new crackdown on fly-tipped electrical goods, starting next week.

The online shopping giants will be forced to cover the costs of cleaning up e-waste from our streets.

Pile of discarded appliances and furniture at a rubbish dump.

Old fridges freezers wash machines and kitchen appliances at rubbish dump UKCredit: Getty
Photo of Mary Creagh, chairwoman of the Environmental Audit Committee.

Minister Mary Creagh said they are stopping the “avalanche” of single use tech filling our binsCredit: PA:Press Association

British firms like Currys and Argos already have to pick up the tab for recycling things like TVs and fridges.

But now huge internet companies will also have to report all sales of electronic items.

This will then be used to work out their bill.

Mary Creagh, Circular Economy Minister, said: “Online giants must pay their fair share for cleaning up e-waste their overseas traders sell to UK consumers. 

“This Government will always back British business.

“We are levelling the playing field and stopping the avalanche of single use tech filling our bins.”

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