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...
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...
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...
The Government has now updated its guidance on how Producers should decide if products are classified as Household (B2C),or Non-Household (B2B) under the WEEE regulations. Recolight has provided further guidance to its members. The change has implications for lighting producers. For luminaire producers, some products will fall out...
The EA have today published updated scope guidance for the WEEE regulations. The guidance is pragmatic, but some lighting producers will need to change the way they report the products they sell, where they supply luminaires incorporating user replaceable LED modules. 1. All business luminaires (conventional...
The Government has announced that it intends to implement ‘dual use’ in WEEE recycling. The key change will be to classify products likely to be used by both businesses and consumers as household. The effect of this change is to further improve the WEEE legislation,...
In a recent court case, the largest distributor of mobile phones in the UK was found to be in breach of the WEEE regulations. The mobile phone logistics firm had failed to register with a compliance scheme, among six other charges, and was fined more...
The Sentencing Council has released new guidelines advising judges to hand out harsher sentences for individuals and companies convicted of environmental crimes. The guidelines will come into force on 1 July 2014. Tougher Sentences for Environmental Crimes The new guidelines do not represent a change in the...
Provisional 2013 recycling figures released to WEEE schemes by the Environment Agency today show the UK lamp recycling rate increased from 39.5% in 2012 to 52.8% in 2013. The UK luminaire rate has also improved from 0.6% in 2012 to 2% in 2013. UK to Meet...
2013 was an important year for Recolight and for the lighting industry, which saw the recast of the WEEE Directive and its transposition into law through the revised WEEE Regulations. I wanted to highlight some of the most exciting developments, which came towards the end...