This week the Government announced a short consultation to amend the way the business WEEE system works. The Government intends to change the classification of products sold to businesses that can be used both by consumers and businesses. These so called “dual use” products will now...
2013 was an important year for Recolight and for the lighting industry, which saw the recast of the WEEE Directive and its transposition into law through the revised WEEE Regulations. I wanted to highlight some of the most exciting developments, which came towards the end...
The new WEEE regulations were laid before parliament on 10 December 2013. Here we provide a detailed summary of the key changes that will affect the lighting industry, and those with a responsibility for collection too. Categories and scope LED light sources are moved from category 5 and into category...
The WEEE regulations 2013 have now been laid before parliament. As expected, they contain some important changes: LED light sources (which include LED lamps and LED luminaires) are put in the same category as gas discharge lamps. This will avoid the risk of an orphan waste...
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...
The government has announced that it has chosen option 3 from those it was considering from the recent BIS consultation. We at Recolight realise that this will fundamentally change the household WEEE system in the UK. For one, this will eliminate the ‘must buy’ market and...
The new WEEE regulations include a provision that companies selling less than 5 tonnes of lamps or luminaires, or other electrical equipment, are classed as “Small Producers”. This de minimis clause means they do not have to join a Producer Compliance scheme in 2014. Instead, they...
Recolight welcomes the strong support for major reform of the UK WEEE system following the publication of the Government’s summary of responses to the WEEE consultation. We are delighted by the very strong support for the changes to the household WEEE system, to make it fairer...
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...
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...