The long anticipated government consultation on the new WEEE regulations has been announced. It includes 23 questions for respondents. Of those, over half are technical questions concerned with proposals for changing the current household WEEE system. Recolight is delighted that changes are proposed. The current system...
The Joint Trade Associations (JTA) group, of which Recolight is a member, has announced its support for the Government’s WEEE consultation. The JTA group comprises eight trade associations and four producer-led compliance schemes, collectively representing approximately 90% of all WEEE producer responsibility in the UK. Government’s...
The government has indicated that it is considering at least three alternatives to the current system for household recycling. We at Recolight warmly welcome the prospect of change. The current system is fundamentally flawed. It allows the holder of household waste to sell it, often at...
local authorities across the country to do more to help increase recycling rates of low-energy light bulbs (CFLs). Under the WEEE Regulations low-energy light bulbs need to be recycled when they reach end of life, and local authorities provide vital collection facilities at 1,100 household waste...
The announcement from Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for DEFRA, that the government would be investigating options to reduce WEEE costs for Producers is very welcome. The problem she wants to tackle arises from the way the "Household obligation system" operates: The household obligation system...
The growth in the LED market LEDs have become big business in the last few years. Whilst not used extensively for domestic buildings, the growth in the number of LEDs being used in commercial and outdoor settings has been extraordinarily fast and they are now becoming...