Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, is pleased to announce its involvement in creating the international draft standard for LED lighting in its role as the UK’s representative to CENELEC (The European Committee for Electronic Standardisation). Work on the draft standard began...
Yesterday the WEEE Regulations 2013 were laid before parliament, and will come into force on 1 January 2014. The revised WEEE Regulations contain some important changes for the lighting industry: All lighting equipment to use an integrated LED light source are put in the same category as...
Recolight, the UK’s WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, will be launching a combined WEEE compliance service for luminaires and lamps at this year’s LuxLive exhibition, to reflect the market and regulatory changes taking place. Recolight are expanding their compliance offering to reflect the changing...
Bertie Bulb, a low-energy light bulb on a high energy mission to recycle, will be highlighting the need to recycle low-energy light bulbs at the Lord Mayor’s Show taking place this Saturday November 9th in the City of London. Bertie Bulb is the mascot of the...
On 11 October, the Government announced its decision to fundamentally change the household WEEE system in the UK. Responding to the news, Nigel Harvey, Chief Executive of leading lighting compliance scheme Recolight said: “The Government has chosen option 3 from the four household WEEE options it was...
The results of Recolight’s fourth satisfaction survey have been announced. Recolight members are more satisfied with the service and benefits Recolight provides than ever before, with 97% of members surveyed saying that Recolight matches their expectations. The independent survey which was open to all members was...
Recolight welcomes the strong support for reform of the UK WEEE system seen in the summary of responses to the WEEE consultation which was announced last week. The document released by the Department for Business Innovation & Skills is a summary of the responses to the...
Press release issued by the Joint Trade Association Following the announcement of the Government’s response to the WEEE consultation, the Joint Trade Association (JTA) welcomed the strong support for major reform of the UK WEEE system. The JTA represents the eight major trade associations in the electrical...
Recolight is pleased to be shortlisted for the Sustainability Leaders Awards 2013. This award, which is the second Recolight has been shortlisted for in the last two weeks, recognises those companies that have demonstrated true leadership and innovation and are making genuine progress in embedding...
Recolight will be at the RWM conference in Birmingham next month to speak to public sector bodies about what savings they could be making by taking advantage of Recolight’s free lamp recycling services. The 2013 RWM conference will take place on the 10 – 12 September...