The 1 July 2007 marked the start of full producer compliance scheme obligations under the WEEE directive in the UK. Six years later and with big changes to the regulations underway, we thought it would be a good opportunity to take a step back and...
Results from a survey at the Facilities Show in Birmingham this year showed that the majority of Facilities Managers think that all lamp producers should be required to offer free lamp recycling. Facilities Show survey From 14-16 May 2012, Recolight met industry players at the world’s leading...
Our research has found that the overwhelming majority of public sector organisations are not taking advantage of free lamp recycling services available to them. Currently, only 0.3% of public sector organisations benefit from our free lamp recycling service as a member of our national network...
The long anticipated government consultation on the new WEEE regulations has been announced. It includes 23 questions for respondents. Of those, over half are technical questions concerned with proposals for changing the current household WEEE system. Recolight is delighted that changes are proposed. The current system...
Nigel Harvey talks to Will Date from Let's Recycle about the forthcoming WEEE consultation Go to Let's Recycle for the full story...
The government has indicated that it is considering at least three alternatives to the current system for household recycling. We at Recolight warmly welcome the prospect of change. The current system is fundamentally flawed. It allows the holder of household waste to sell it, often at...
Benefits of free lamp recycling We recently carried out a survey of 121 of our 1,100 collection points to find out the level of satisfaction with our service, and we found some interesting results. The survey revealed that the majority of businesses were saving time and...
Recolight supports the WEEE Directive The recast of the WEEE directive was at long last published in the Official Journal this month. It has taken over four years to prepare. Recolight strongly supports many of the changes it introduces - particularly the increased member state collection targets. ...
Suzanne Castine, Marketing Manager at Recolight, reflects on the National Recycling Awards 2012. Recycling & waste management SME business of the year With the introduction of new categories, this year's awards promised to be full of high calibre entries. The award for Recycling and Waste Management SME...
The announcement from Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for DEFRA, that the government would be investigating options to reduce WEEE costs for Producers is very welcome. The problem she wants to tackle arises from the way the "Household obligation system" operates: The household obligation system...