Recolight will be at RWM in September to talk to you about all the WEEE recycling services we now offer. With Recolight lamp recycling is free. This is because we operate as a non-profit WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry. We are funded by our...
The EPR Club discussed how to tackle online freeriding at a debate on 18 June in Brussels. It was hosted by EucoLight, EXPRA and the WEEE Forum , representing three important product streams under EPR. Round the table were representatives from EPR organisations, the European Commission, and...
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regimes are in place to make producers of certain products responsible for the costs of collecting, treating, and recycling those products at the end of life. EPR currently covers vehicles, packaging, electrical and electronic equipment, and batteries. A new UK focus on resources...
Recolight’s tender process is designed to achieve openness and fairness, consistent with good commercial outcomes. There are separate documented processes for both logistics and treatment tenders which detail all steps taken. A fair tender process acting on feedback Our logistics and treatment tender outcomes are determined by...
2002 Introduction of EU WEEE Directive 2007 Directive transposed into UK WEEE Regulations - It was all about fluorescent lamps 2010 Integrated LED luminaires start to appear- retail sector and hospitality early adopters 2012 LEDs included in scope of recast WEEE directive 2014 LED is a huge lighting industry success story: Start of mass...
A circular approach seeks to minimise both the quantity of virgin raw materials needed and the quantity of waste produced. To achieve this, products, their components, and the materials from which they are made, need to be kept in use and circulation longer by manufacturers and...
Delegates from 18 lighting WEEE compliance schemes and their lighting producer board members come together for the third EucoLight Conference in April. On the agenda is the challenge of LED recycling. The conference is hosted by LightRec, the Dutch Producer Compliance Scheme (PCS) for Lighting. LEDs...
Distributor’s Obligation The WEEE Regulations state that a Distributor of Electrical Products to the retail market for consumers must offer to take back waste products for recycling if a customer buys a similar product from them. When consumers buy a new TV, electric heater, LED lamp, drill,...
The official definition of EEE (Electrical and electronic equipment) Products that are dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic field to work properly are in scope i.e. when the current is off, the equipment cannot fulfil its basic function. Electrical and electronic products are not just those connected...
All lamp types, such as all types of fluorescents (tubes, compact fluorescents), HID (high intensity discharge), all retrofit LED, LED tape/strips sold on their own, and end user replaceable LED modules are in scope. Refer to the Recoligt Resource Centre for a full list However, some lamps...