Recolight – celebrating a decade of success

Autumn 2015 marked Recolight’s 10 year anniversary. In celebration of this milestone, I wanted to reflect on Recolight’s history alongside the evolution of the lighting industry and WEEE regulations. Starting out For us, it began in 2005, when Recolight was founded by GE Lighting, Havells Sylvania, Osram...

Recolight prepares to attend LuxLive 2015

Recolight prepares to attend LuxLive 2015

Recolight, the UK’s leading Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) compliance scheme for lighting, will be attending LuxLive 2015 at ExCel London on 18th and 19th November 2015. Nigel Harvey, CEO of Recolight and LUX Man of the Year 2012, will deliver a presentation on 19th...

working to get WEEE regulations right for 10 years

Recolight – celebrating a decade of success

Recolight, the leading UK WEEE compliance scheme for lighting, this month celebrates its 10 year anniversary. In the past decade, Recolight’s milestones have evolved alongside those of the lighting industry and WEEE regulations. Recolight’s CEO, Nigel Harvey noted: “The last 10 years have seen a number of positive...

EucoLight, European association for lighting WEEE compliance schemes

EucoLight – influencing the WEEE lighting agenda in Europe

Recolight is a founder member of EucoLight, a new European trade association focused on WEEE in the lighting sector.  EucoLight already has members from 15 different Member States right across the EU.  The organisation has been created to give a voice to lighting WEEE compliance...

Dual use WEEE lighting classification explained at LIA Technical Forum

Presenting to the LIA Technical Forum The LIA Technical Forum, held twice a year near Stratford-upon-Avon, is always a very useful event.  Attendees receive timely updates on many aspects of standardisation, legislation and technology changes as they affect the lighting industry.  So I was particularly pleased...

Recolight member

Membership of the Recolight WEEE compliance scheme

I am very pleased that Recolight membership continues to grow.  20 new members have joined us in 2015, and our total membership now stands at 155.  As the leading lighting WEEE compliance scheme, there are many reasons why producers join us: Unique charging method Our unique per...

National lamp recycling target likely to increase

The Government has consulted on the national targets for household WEEE recycling, including the target for waste lamp recycling.  In 2014, the national target was 830 tonnes.  However, in its consultation, the Government has proposed increasing the target in 2015 to 2680 tonnes.  This is...

Recolight celebrates milestone of 150 members

Recolight, the leading UK WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, has announced the signing of its 150th producer member. 17 companies have now joined the scheme since the beginning of the year. Adrian Willis, Membership Development Manager commented on the news “Our growing membership allows us...

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