The Government has announced that from April 2025, we will move to a digital waste tracking system, replacing the current manual/paper-based system. In particular, hazardous waste consignment notes and waste transfer notes will no longer be required. Instead, the same data will need to be...
The long awaited WEEE consultation is expected in the next few weeks. Informal discussions with stakeholder groups have taken place. That means we can be reasonably confident of some of the headline proposals on which they are likely to consult. The consultation will have two...
“The reuse of reconditioned light fittings is starting to become mainstream. Major commercial real estate developers, their architects and design teams are beginning to either reuse luminaires from a retrofit project itself and, in an increasing number of cases, use luminaires from a completely different...
The Recolight Reuse Hub is a new digital marketplace for lighting. An online platform to facilitate the donation of new and used lighting products and equipment. Currently, there are considerable volumes of new and used lighting products that are needlessly recycled when they could be reused....
The reuse of luminaires is being normalised. That was one of the key messages to come from the Circular Lighting Live 2023 conference in London last week. “The reuse of reconditioned light fittings is starting to become mainstream,” said chairman Ray Molony. “Major commercial real estate...
The Environment Agency (EA) this week announced that it would no longer enforce certain documentation when customers drop off trade waste at wholesalers. The change is contained in a new Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) 283 dated 11 September 2023. This states that customers dropping business waste...
The EU Green Deal umbrella, with its 153 legislative acts, has set the pace for a global trend of green regulations that are coming at an unprecedented speed. The lighting industry is facing a complex and broad scope of regulations and standards that will impact...
At a press and stakeholder association event Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey applauded the huge steps taken by the lighting industry in adopting a circular economy. “Over the last three years, we have seen a step change in action on the circular economy in the lighting industry. ...
Recolight announce Circular Lighting Live 23, a major one-day conference and exhibition dedicated to sustainable lighting. It will take place on Thursday 21 September at the Royal College of Physicians in London. Outlining the importance of the event, Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey said “The Circular Economy was...
A new series of workshops on how calculate circular and carbon metrics for lighting products has been announced by Recolight. The educational event explores the latest guidelines, standards, and legislation, Life Cycle Assessments and associated metrics. The focus is on practical delivery of TM66 and...