The latest lamp recycling data was released by the Environment Agency at the end of November. This shows that 4141 tonnes have been collected up to end September 2016. If collections continue at the same rate to the end of the year, the national target...
Nigel Harvey, Recolight CEO gave an overview of the possible impact of Brexit on the UK environmental legislation that affects the Lighting Industry. Harvey explained that EU legislation effects in the UK in two principal ways. Directives, such WEEE, EMC, and the LVD, are transposed into...
Recolight will be exhibiting at LuxLive 2016, ExCel London 23 to 24 November. The company will be highlighting the expansion of its free recycling service for all waste lighting. Recolight is the UK’s largest lighting WEEE scheme, and the customers of Recolight members can access a...
Most Local Authority household waste recycling centres collect WEEE. And under WEEE regulation 34, a Local Authority can require any PCS to make a WEEE collection, from any site in the UK, subject to certain conditions. The availability of regulation 34 is good news for...
Recolight currently collects waste lamps from a significant proportion of the UK’s Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs). The company is today writing to all its Local Authority Partners, to confirm that they may choose to deposit waste lamps from commercial sources in Recolight containers. These...
Recolight will be at the RWM exhibition in Birmingham in September, to encourage all visitors to benefit from free lamp recycling services. The 2016 RWM event will take place on 13 to 15 September at the NEC Birmingham. Recolight can be found at stand 4G12. Recolight is the only...
Breakage of waste lamps, either when they are placed in a container, or during transport, is probably the biggest source of fugitive mercury emissions associated with lamp recycling. As a result, the correct design of waste lamp containers is vital to ensure that lamps can...
Recolight reviews five years of WEEE growth CEO calls for free lamp recycling for all collectors of waste lamps. Recolight, the UK’s leading WEEE compliance scheme for lighting, has this week celebrated its growth and the changes to WEEE over the last five years. Since 2011, Recolight’s...
Recolight is expanding its lamp recycling service by lowering the threshold companies need to meet to qualify for free of charge lamp recycling. Previously businesses had to collect 2000 lamps every three months to be eligible to receive free of charge collection services. But now...
A higher Government lamp WEEE target for 2016 means most Waste Management and Facilities Management companies should be able to access free waste lamp recycling. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations require Producers to fund the recycling of waste electricals – including fluorescent lamps....