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....
Recolight, the leading UK WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of two new board directors. Andreas Adam, Senior Director at OSRAM AG joins the Recolight board to replace Julian Schaub, who retains other responsibilities within OSRAM. Andreas has considerable...
Changes to the way the Government sets WEEE targets means that most companies should now be able to access free waste lamp recycling. At the end of March, the Government announced the UK lamp recycling target. This is the tonnage of waste lamps that must be...
When waste lamps are collected they are usually transported whole, in their collection container, to a treatment plant. But as an alternative, they can be crushed at the collection site, and then transported in sealed packaging to a treatment plant. When tendering, Recolight does not differentiate...
Hazardous Waste Premises Code - HWPC From 1 April Collection Points in England no longer require a hazardous waste premises code. Please note: there has been no change to the HWPC for Wales, HWPC is still not required in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The change in England has...
Recolight, the UK’s leading lighting compliance scheme, has welcomed the publication yesterday of the UK’s 2015 national WEEE recycling data. The data, released by the Environment Agency (EA), shows a significant growth in the lamp collection rate in 2015. Commenting on the news, Nigel Harvey, Recolight...
In January 2019 the UK WEEE Regulations will introduce new producer reporting categories; reducing the current 14 categories down to 6. The change would affect most UK luminaire producers. All lamps are reported in their own category, so lamp producers are not impacted by the change. The key...
EucoLight, the association of European Lighting WEEE compliance schemes held its first annual Conference and General Assembly this month in Chantilly, France. The conference objective was to review and respond to the recycling challenges and opportunities of evolving lamp and lighting equipment. Insight was received from...