Nigel Harvey, CEO of Recolight, the UK’s WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, was named Lux Person of the Year 2012 at last night’s Lux Awards. The glittering award ceremony took place at the Natural History Museum with 16 awards up for grabs. The Lux...
Benefits of free lamp recycling We recently carried out a survey of 121 of our 1,100 collection points to find out the level of satisfaction with our service, and we found some interesting results. The survey revealed that the majority of businesses were saving time and...
Recolight supports the WEEE Directive The recast of the WEEE directive was at long last published in the Official Journal this month. It has taken over four years to prepare. Recolight strongly supports many of the changes it introduces - particularly the increased member state collection targets. ...
local authorities across the country to do more to help increase recycling rates of low-energy light bulbs (CFLs). Under the WEEE Regulations low-energy light bulbs need to be recycled when they reach end of life, and local authorities provide vital collection facilities at 1,100 household waste...
Recolight, the UK's WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, achieved success last night at the National Recycling Awards. Recolight won the Award for Recycling and Waste Management Business of the Year (SME). The recycling and waste management industry has made significant progress over the years,...
Suzanne Castine, Marketing Manager at Recolight, reflects on the National Recycling Awards 2012. Recycling & waste management SME business of the year With the introduction of new categories, this year's awards promised to be full of high calibre entries. The award for Recycling and Waste Management SME...
The announcement from Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for DEFRA, that the government would be investigating options to reduce WEEE costs for Producers is very welcome. The problem she wants to tackle arises from the way the "Household obligation system" operates: The household obligation system...
The growth in the LED market LEDs have become big business in the last few years. Whilst not used extensively for domestic buildings, the growth in the number of LEDs being used in commercial and outdoor settings has been extraordinarily fast and they are now becoming...
Electrical contractors' attitudes to recycling In a survey conducted in 2010, Recolight found that recycling is something that electrical contractors take very seriously, with two-thirds (64%) saying that the safe disposal and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment is "totally embedded" within the culture of...
A final version of the text of the WEEE directive was agreed at a meeting of the Council, Parliament and Commission on 20th December. Recolight has welcomed the text which includes a number of compromise positions. BIS have indicated that the new directive should enter...