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...
Delegates from 18 lighting WEEE compliance schemes and their lighting producer board members come together for the third EucoLight Conference in April. On the agenda is the challenge of LED recycling. The conference is hosted by LightRec, the Dutch Producer Compliance Scheme (PCS) for Lighting. LEDs...
Distributor’s Obligation The WEEE Regulations state that a Distributor of Electrical Products to the retail market for consumers must offer to take back waste products for recycling if a customer buys a similar product from them. When consumers buy a new TV, electric heater, LED lamp, drill,...
Recolight, the UK’s leading lighting WEEE compliance scheme has today welcomed Defra’s announcement of the 2018 national target for waste lamp recycling. Defra initially considered setting the target at 5256 tonnes, but following a consultation in early March, they have increased this to 5517 tonnes. Recolight...
Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, has criticised a decision by the Environment Agency (EA) to significantly increase WEEE charges. Following a consultation, the EA yesterday announced that some annual WEEE charges they levy on producers would more than triple in 2019. ...
The official definition of EEE (Electrical and electronic equipment) Products that are dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic field to work properly are in scope i.e. when the current is off, the equipment cannot fulfil its basic function. Electrical and electronic products are not just those connected...
All lamp types, such as all types of fluorescents (tubes, compact fluorescents), HID (high intensity discharge), all retrofit LED, LED tape/strips sold on their own, and end user replaceable LED modules are in scope. Refer to the Recoligt Resource Centre for a full list However, some lamps...
Recolight have been providing a lamp recycling service for over 10 years, but did you know, we also provide a WEEE collection and recycling service for: Luminaires Portable batteries And other electrical items Because we operate as a non-profit organisation, we can provide the Recolight Extra...