How can I join Recolight’s compliance scheme?

If you put an in scope product on the market and sell it in the UK you are classed as a producer under the WEEE Regulations. This applies to all companies who:

Manufacture and sell electrical and electronic equipment under their own brand.
Resell, under their own brand, equipment and produced by other suppliers.
Import electrical and electronic equipment on a professional basis into an EU Member State. This includes imports into the UK from other EU member states

Producers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) as listed in Schedule 2 of the UK WEEE Regulations are responsible for financing and ensuring the disposal of end-of-life products in an environmentally sound way arising from both household and non-household users. There are some exemptions and limits to this (e.g. for non-Household WEEE where there is no like-for-like replacement) that can be found in the detail in the Regulations.

Producers must join a Compliance scheme such as Recolight (or provide their own Environment Agency approved scheme) which will meet this responsibility by managing and paying for the recycling and recovery of their share of this WEEE and report on what they have done to the appropriate Government authority. Full details may be found in the BIS Guidelines.

Recolight currently has over 90 Lamp Producer members, who between them account for the overwhelming majority of all lamps placed on the UK market. Our nationwide network of business and consumer collection points ensure that your customers can always access free of charge recycling services.

All gas discharge lamps and LED lamps are within the scope of the WEEE regulations.

How to join

Joining the Recolight scheme could not be easier, a simple phone call, or email to our office, and we will arrange a meeting at your premises. At this meeting we will guide you through the process of WEEE compliance and registration.

Once registered:

You have access to the Recolight team of experts to guide and advise you on any subject appertaining to WEEE compliance.
Both you and your client base have access free collections and the extensive network of Recolight collection points.
Where appropriate collection points can be established with your customers, and also at your own premises.

For further information on joining the scheme, or for a no-obligations chat, please contact: