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...
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...
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...
On 14 June 2018, the Official Journal of the European Union published the EU Waste legislative package. This revises the Waste Framework Directive, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive and other directives. EucoLight, the European Association of lighting WEEE Compliance schemes warmly welcomes the...
Recolight’s tender process is designed to achieve openness and fairness, consistent with good commercial outcomes. There are separate documented processes for both logistics and treatment tenders which detail all steps taken. A fair tender process acting on feedback Our logistics and treatment tender outcomes are determined by...
The Government has published a summary of the responses they received to their recent WEEE regulations consultation – and indicated some of the actions they intend to take. 14 WEEE categories retained The announcement confirms that the current 14 WEEE categories will be retained for reporting purposes. ...
Recolight, the leading UK WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chair. Martin de Jager, International Board Member of Philips Lighting has been a director of Recolight Ltd for the last two years. Martin has been in...
2002 Introduction of EU WEEE Directive 2007 Directive transposed into UK WEEE Regulations - It was all about fluorescent lamps 2010 Integrated LED luminaires start to appear- retail sector and hospitality early adopters 2012 LEDs included in scope of recast WEEE directive 2014 LED is a huge lighting industry success story: Start of mass...
A circular approach seeks to minimise both the quantity of virgin raw materials needed and the quantity of waste produced. To achieve this, products, their components, and the materials from which they are made, need to be kept in use and circulation longer by manufacturers and...
18 lighting WEEE compliance schemes meet for EucoLight annual conference The third EucoLight Conference at Sassenheim, the Netherlands, gathered 70 delegates from the community of producers’ responsibility organisations for lighting. Latest developments in collection and treatment of end-of-life lighting products were discussed, as the transition towards...