Recolight, the UK’s leading lighting WEEE compliance scheme, has set a target to be net zero carbon by 2030. The target, agreed by the Recolight board in January, will cover all Recolight’s operations. Commenting on the news, Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey said “As a recycling compliance scheme,...
During 2020, a total of 18 companies joined the Recolight WEEE scheme. And from the beginning of 2021, another three companies have transferred to Recolight from other schemes. The three companies transferring their compliance to Recolight from January are ZG Lighting UK, who supply brands which...
From the beginning of January 2021, most wholesalers and retailers selling new electrical products that could be used by consumers (and that includes virtually all lamps) must provide an instore takeback service, when they sell new products. The Distributor Takeback Scheme (DTS) used to allow distributors...
On 9 December, over 150 participants attended a webinar organised by EucoLight, the European Association of lighting WEEE compliance scheme. The theme was “National approaches to prevent non-compliant sales through online marketplaces - Extended producer responsibility free riding”.  Attendees included representatives from ten Member State...
The high level of product sold through online marketplaces that is not compliant with extended producer responsibility legislation is well established. The Covid-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the problem, as the growth in online sales has accelerated. EucoLight is organizing a webinar on 9th December 2020...
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has today published a report into the UK’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling system. The report is particularly critical of the lack of regulation of online marketplaces, and makes several key recommendations: Ambitious long-term targets for collection, re-use and...
A series of Recolight webinars looking at lighting and the circular economy have heard from experts across the lighting industry. They covered legislation for lighting, circular economy principles implemented in product design by manufactures, and challenged the industry to be more sustainable. These webinars just scratched...
Objective is to investigate feasibility of recovering Gallium from waste LED lamps LED chips separated, and then subject to ionic solvents Nine month project funded by Innovate UK Recolight are one of six partners A consortium of six companies and institutions has been formed to...
National approaches to prevent non-compliant sales through online marketplaces The high level of product sold through online marketplaces that is not compliant with extended producer responsibility legislation is well established. The Covid-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the problem, as the growth in online sales has accelerated. A...
In the second Recolight online discussion we explored the options for luminaries at the end of life. We need to look for ways to extend their life through reuse, refurbishment, extended warranties, & leasing business models. And no longer see them as a single life...