How does Recolight’s compliance scheme work?

Recolight takes on the legal responsibility of its producer members to comply with the Regulations through a binding agreement. Recolight is a not-for-profit company and passes on, to its members, the costs and financing it incurs each year in carrying out the various tasks of its business plan on behalf of the members. For example the purchasing of logistics and recycling services, investment in marketing to raise awareness of the need to recycle and the Recolight brand, plus administration costs and ensuring a viable financial base for the compliance scheme.

Our cost recovery method is to calculate a flat charge per lamp type which is then applied equally to all members. This ensures the process is equitable to all and kept simple and cost effective. The charge per lamp is reviewed and adjusted periodically by Recolight to reflect operational changes, for example increases in the returns of lamps for recycling or productivity improvement in costs of recycling.

Recolight is focused on waste lamps only, Lumicom is the specialist compliance scheme for waste luminaires*

*Luminaires is the term used to describe a complete lighting unit consisting of a lamp or lamps and also the parts which help to position, protect or connect the lamps.