UK WEEE collections have fallen short of targets for the last three years and revised POPs constraints could impact on recycling levels. How could the regulations be changed to reverse this decline? What options should the Government consider when they consult on revisions to the...
Changes to the WEEE Regulations in 2019 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 of scope. In...
At an event to mark the 12th anniversary of the commencement of the WEEE regulations in the UK, Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey took the opportunity to recommend changes to the system. “Over the last three years, there has been a material decline in the tonnage of...
EucoLight are to host a conference in Brussels the afternoon of 6 November to discuss: Legislative actions & controls to stop illegal free-riding through online-platforms With the continued growth in purchases through online marketplaces, it is so important that companies operating in this way fulfill their environmental...
Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for lighting, is pleased to announce the appointment of Maurice Spee from Signify as Chair of the Recolight Board. Maurice, Director for Collection & Recycling at Signify (formerly Philips Lighting), has been with Signify for almost 20 years. He has...
High on the agenda for the EucoLight annual conference this month were non-compliance of product sold through online marketplaces, impact of open scope and eco-modulation of WEEE fees. The 4th EucoLight annual conference held this year in Copenhagen was attended by 70 delegates from 19 lighting...
At their General Assembly held on 12 April in Copenhagen, Denmark, EucoLight members elected a new Board of Directors, for a 2 year-term. The new Board appointed its members to the following roles: Mr Hervé Grimaud, Deputy Managing Director of ESR (France) as Chair of EucoLight; ...
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...