WEEE compliance explained and why lamp recycling should be free. WEEE compliance and WEEE recycling explained The WEEE regulations were introduced to the UK 10 years ago with the sole purpose of producers taking responsibility for recycling electronic equipment at the end of its life. This concept...
The latest lamp recycling data was released by the Environment Agency at the end of November. This shows that 4141 tonnes have been collected up to end September 2016. If collections continue at the same rate to the end of the year, the national target...
Nigel Harvey, Recolight CEO gave an overview of the possible impact of Brexit on the UK environmental legislation that affects the Lighting Industry. Harvey explained that EU legislation effects in the UK in two principal ways. Directives, such WEEE, EMC, and the LVD, are transposed into...
Most Local Authority household waste recycling centres collect WEEE. And under WEEE regulation 34, a Local Authority can require any PCS to make a WEEE collection, from any site in the UK, subject to certain conditions. The availability of regulation 34 is good news for...
Breakage of waste lamps, either when they are placed in a container, or during transport, is probably the biggest source of fugitive mercury emissions associated with lamp recycling. As a result, the correct design of waste lamp containers is vital to ensure that lamps can...
A higher Government lamp WEEE target for 2016 means most Waste Management and Facilities Management companies should be able to access free waste lamp recycling. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations require Producers to fund the recycling of waste electricals – including fluorescent lamps....
When waste lamps are collected they are usually transported whole, in their collection container, to a treatment plant. But as an alternative, they can be crushed at the collection site, and then transported in sealed packaging to a treatment plant. When tendering, Recolight does not differentiate...
Hazardous Waste Premises Code - HWPC From 1 April Collection Points in England no longer require a hazardous waste premises code. Please note: there has been no change to the HWPC for Wales, HWPC is still not required in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The change in England has...
In January 2019 the UK WEEE Regulations will introduce new producer reporting categories; reducing the current 14 categories down to 6. The change would affect most UK luminaire producers. All lamps are reported in their own category, so lamp producers are not impacted by the change. The key...
Recolight has seen that fastest member growth in 2015 since the start of operations. We were also the fastest growing PCS scheme in the UK in 2015. At the end of each year a few members leave our scheme as they no longer need compliance. We...