The government has recently launched a major review of waste packaging legislation. The proposals could result in producer costs for waste packaging increasing up to ten times, by 2023. The Government’s objective is to ensure that producers pay the full cost of the collection and...
WEEE scheme Recolight has warmly welcomed new proposals from Defra to make online marketplaces responsible for compliance with producer responsibility legislation. Defra’s consultation to reform the system for waste packaging identifies the “growing problem of non-compliance through online marketplaces”. Research undertaken by Recolight, and others, undoubtedly...
The WEEE Regulations were introduced to the UK in 2007. Their purpose is to make sure Electrical & Electronic Equipment, EEE, is recycled, keeping this harmful waste stream from landfill. For Waste EEE, we get WEEE. Recolight has been recycling WEEE lighting since 2007. We have a team of...
In light of a recent press article about the illegal export of electrical waste, Recolight offer assurance to you that all our waste is collected and treated responsibly within the UK. Recolight use authorised waste treatment plants. Our recycling and logistics operators comply with the...
Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme, is pleased to announce the appointment of Glenn Christie from Tungsram Lighting to the Recolight Board. Glenn, a Product Line Leader for lamps and drivers at Tungsram, brings with him 15 years of experience working in the electrical and electronic...
The WEEE Regulations have applied to a closed scope of products since 2007. Unless a product was listed in the fourteen categories, then they were out of scope. A specific exclusion meant that household luminaires were also out of scope. In January 2019, The Regulations moved...
Non-compliant internet sellers will be liable for the WEEE compliance of product they sell online. That is the position set out in the Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy, released today. Commenting on the news, Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey said: “The move to making online sellers responsible for...
Are you ready for WEEE? The WEEE Regulations have applied to a closed scope of products since 2007. Unless a product was listed in the fourteen categories, then they were out of scope. A specific exclusion meant that household luminaires were also out of scope. However, from...
Appliances Recycling SA from Greece has joined EucoLight, the European association of lighting WEEE compliance schemes. This brings the total of Members to 19 plus affiliate Member, Lighting Europe. Marc Guiraud, Secretary General of EucoLight, commented: "We are delighted to welcome Appliances Recycling SA to EucoLight and...
The Government has published an amendment to the WEEE regulations (SI 2018 No. 1214). The text includes a few minor editorial changes, together with three more substantial modifications, which the Government first announced in May 2018. The three substantial changes are: EEE and WEEE categories The regulations have...