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7 September 2018

Online Sales of Non-Compliant Products – EucoLight Workshop brings together leading European Associations to highlight the scale of the problem

EucoLight, the European WEEE lighting trade association, is hosting a half day workshop on 17 Oct in Brussels to discuss the scale of the online non-compliance problem. Speakers from leading European Associations will share experiences, including WEEE freeriding, VAT non-payment, and non-compliance with safety standards....

By Recolight

31 August 2018

Invitation to EucoLight workshop discussing non-compliance of online marketplaces

Recolight has been raising awareness of the increasing number of online marketplaces failing to comply with the WEEE Regulations for some time. Such non-compliant organisations are referred to as Free Riders, because they are not paying their share of recycling costs. This is a problem for...

By Recolight

31 August 2018

Recolight celebrates 300 Million recycling milestone by launching extended service offering

Recolight, the UK’s leading lighting WEEE compliance scheme has announced a major milestone having funded the recycling of 300 million fluorescent & LED lamps and luminaires since the WEEE regulations were implemented in 2007. This is enough waste to fill the Royal Albert Hall ten...

By Recolight

RWM 2018 - visit Recolight on stand 4M32

31 July 2018

RWM2018 – Talk to Recolight about all things WEEE

Recolight will be at RWM in September to talk to you about all the WEEE recycling services we now offer. With Recolight lamp recycling is free. This is because we operate as a non-profit WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry. We are funded by our...

By Recolight

27 July 2018

EPR Club Debate recommends new legal requirements in WEEE/Waste legislation to tackle online free riders

The EPR Club discussed how to tackle online freeriding at a debate on 18 June in Brussels. It was hosted by EucoLight, EXPRA and the WEEE Forum , representing three important product streams under EPR. Round the table were representatives from EPR organisations, the European Commission, and...

By Recolight

23 July 2018

Recolight welcomes Defra move to put Extended Producer Responsibility at heart of waste strategy

Recolight welcomes signals that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) will feature heavily in Defra’s forthcoming Resources and Waste Strategy. EPR regimes make producers of new product responsible for the recycling of their products when they become waste. There are currently four EPR regimes in the UK –...

By Recolight

6 July 2018

OECD report confirms the large scale of WEEE non-compliance through online marketplaces

EucoLight has welcomed OECD report on ‘Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the impact of online sales’, to which EucoLight members contributed. Recognition of the online WEEE non-compliance challenge, (free-riding), faced by Producer Compliance Schemes is a vital first step to addressing the problem. EucoLight endorses the...

By Recolight

design principles for extended producer responsibility_Parliamentary Sustainability Group event 19 July

3 July 2018

Extended Producer Responsibility: what it means to you. JTA event explains background, the changes and next steps

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regimes are in place to make producers of certain products responsible for the costs of collecting, treating, and recycling those products at the end of life. EPR currently covers vehicles, packaging, electrical and electronic equipment, and batteries. A new UK focus on resources...

By Recolight

3 July 2018

Nigel Harvey to present at Parliamentary Sustainability Group event: Key principles of Extended Producer Responsibility

Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey will present at a meeting of the All Party Sustainable Resource Group on 19 July. The discussions will feed into UK strategy on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). There are already EPR systems in the UK covering WEEE, batteries, and packaging. But Government...

By Recolight

22 June 2018

EcoAlly shows commitment to recycling lighting

Supplying high-efficiency LED luminaires to trade, retail and consumer markets, EcoAlly is always looking for ways to support environmental friendly products. Sustainability is at the heart of their operations. The UK based Research and Development team are committed towards innovation and improvement of all LED light...

By Recolight

Online Sales of Non-Compliant Products – EucoLight Workshop brings together leading European Associations to highlight the scale of the problem

Invitation to EucoLight workshop discussing non-compliance of online marketplaces

Recolight celebrates 300 Million recycling milestone by launching extended service offering

RWM2018 – Talk to Recolight about all things WEEE

EPR Club Debate recommends new legal requirements in WEEE/Waste legislation to tackle online free riders

Recolight welcomes Defra move to put Extended Producer Responsibility at heart of waste strategy

OECD report confirms the large scale of WEEE non-compliance through online marketplaces

Extended Producer Responsibility: what it means to you. JTA event explains background, the changes and next steps

Nigel Harvey to present at Parliamentary Sustainability Group event: Key principles of Extended Producer Responsibility

EcoAlly shows commitment to recycling lighting

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