Recolight welcomes signals that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) will feature heavily in Defra’s forthcoming Resources and Waste Strategy. EPR regimes make producers of new product responsible for the recycling of their products when they become waste. There are currently four EPR regimes in the UK –...
EucoLight has welcomed OECD report on ‘Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the impact of online sales’, to which EucoLight members contributed. Recognition of the online WEEE non-compliance challenge, (free-riding), faced by Producer Compliance Schemes is a vital first step to addressing the problem. EucoLight endorses the...
Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey will present at a meeting of the All Party Sustainable Resource Group on 19 July. The discussions will feed into UK strategy on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). There are already EPR systems in the UK covering WEEE, batteries, and packaging. But Government...
Supplying high-efficiency LED luminaires to trade, retail and consumer markets, EcoAlly is always looking for ways to support environmental friendly products. Sustainability is at the heart of their operations. The UK based Research and Development team are committed towards innovation and improvement of all LED light...
On 14 June 2018, the Official Journal of the European Union published the EU Waste legislative package. This revises the Waste Framework Directive, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive and other directives. EucoLight, the European Association of lighting WEEE Compliance schemes warmly welcomes the...
The Government has published a summary of the responses they received to their recent WEEE regulations consultation – and indicated some of the actions they intend to take. 14 WEEE categories retained The announcement confirms that the current 14 WEEE categories will be retained for reporting purposes. ...
Recolight, the leading UK WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chair. Martin de Jager, International Board Member of Philips Lighting has been a director of Recolight Ltd for the last two years. Martin has been in...
18 lighting WEEE compliance schemes meet for EucoLight annual conference The third EucoLight Conference at Sassenheim, the Netherlands, gathered 70 delegates from the community of producers’ responsibility organisations for lighting. Latest developments in collection and treatment of end-of-life lighting products were discussed, as the transition towards...
Recolight, the UK’s leading lighting WEEE compliance scheme has today welcomed Defra’s announcement of the 2018 national target for waste lamp recycling. Defra initially considered setting the target at 5256 tonnes, but following a consultation in early March, they have increased this to 5517 tonnes. Recolight...
Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, has criticised a decision by the Environment Agency (EA) to significantly increase WEEE charges. Following a consultation, the EA yesterday announced that some annual WEEE charges they levy on producers would more than triple in 2019. ...