What you need to know about new regulations & standards that will change lighting The Lighting Industry came together on 28 May to listen in to Recolight’s webinar highlighting proposals for new Circular Economy standards and regulations. Presenters from Defra’s Circular Economy Team, Lighting Europe, and Recolight...
Recolight offer recycling for lamps, light fittings, electricals, and batteries. We have containers suitable for all. Here's an overview, see our website pages for more detailed information and container specifications. Containers for lamps We offer a selection of containers for lighting covered by the WEEE Regulations.* Lamps...
The Recolight Circular Economy webinar will take place on May 28 at 11am. The webinar will give attendees vital insights into new Circular Economy regulations, standards and commercial requirements for lighting. Presenters from Defra’s Circular Economy Team, Lighting Europe, and Recolight will provide an essential introduction...
The Recolight webinar held on 28 May 2020 gave an update on what you need to know about new regulations, standards and commercial requirements for lighting. Defra’s Circular Economy Team, LightingEurope, and Recolight provided an essential introduction to the changes. The webinar was introduced and chaired...
Organisations providing essential services during the lockdown continue to operate, although in a difficult environment, whilst applying appropriate social distancing requirements. Such organisations can be expected to continue producing waste lamps, electricals and batteries. Recolight have announced help with storage of the additional waste, and...
Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for lighting, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Clark of Feilo Sylvania and David Nauth of Tungsram to the Recolight Board. David, a Commercial Director at Tungsram brings with him over 20 years of experience in lighting and...
Recolight are hosting a conference to highlight how the lighting industry can adopt Circular Economy principles. The event, which takes place on 22 October in London Docklands, will highlight the commercial opportunities in ending waste and obsolescence for lighting products. The conference reflects the increased need...
Defra have now confirmed that from the end of 2020, most retailers will be required to provide in-store WEEE takeback. The new requirement will apply to all retailers and wholesalers with annual sales of electrical items above £100,000. Online retailers without physical retail premises, and...
The results of a multi-national study into non-compliance of product sold through online marketplaces were revealed at a workshop hosted in Brussels on 6 November by EucoLight. EucoLight, the European Association for lighting WEEE compliance schemes, undertook a study of over 4200 products made available for...
More and more consumers purchase electrical products through online marketplaces. However, a recent survey by EucoLight members has uncovered that an alarming proportion of such products do not comply with their environmental, legal and financial obligations. The survey examined seven different product types sold through...