An increased awareness of the need to recycle to protect our environment has seen many businesses adopting corporate social responsibility and environmental policies. This means they will want to be confident that their waste is being disposed of correctly. Electrical distributors and wholesalers who can demonstrate...
Announcing Recolight’s webinar series for 2021 Recolight have announced a new Circular Economy webinar series for 2021. It will build on the events held in 2020, and the progress being made by the lighting industry. All webinars will be chaired by Ray Molony who said: “It’s vital...
This global milestone in the history of recycling has been possible thanks to the coordinated effort and work of each of the organisations that operate in each country and that make up EucoLight. EucoLight has collected a total of more than 250,000 tonnes of...
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...