WEEE Conference 2024

21 March 2024, 9:00 – 16:30 Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4LE The WEEE Conference 2024 promises to be an extensive exploration of the latest breakthroughs in the recovery, reuse, recycling, and treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment. The event will deliver invaluable insights into...

Big changes coming for waste documentation

Big changes coming for waste documentation

  The Government has announced that from April 2025, we will move to a digital waste tracking system, replacing the current manual/paper-based system. In particular, hazardous waste consignment notes and waste transfer notes will no longer be required. Instead, the same data will need to be...

WEEE Consultation & what to expect

  The long awaited WEEE consultation is expected in the next few weeks. Informal discussions with stakeholder groups have taken place. That means we can be reasonably confident of some of the headline proposals on which they are likely to consult. The consultation will have two...

WEEE Compliance & more

Producers of lighting equipment have an opportunity to review their WEEE scheme at the end of each year. The WEEE regulations require producers to commit to membership of a scheme for a whole calendar year.  But some of the WEEE schemes used by lighting producers...

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A review of Circular Lighting Live 2023

  Circular Lighting Live 2023  brought together 290 registered delegates for the most comprehensive review of circular economy progress in the lighting industry. 35 speakers and panellists provided a fully comprehensive review of the legislation, and actions that companies in the UK and elsewhere are taking...

Why do we need a Reuse Hub?

“The reuse of reconditioned light fittings is starting to become mainstream. Major commercial real estate developers, their architects and design teams are beginning to either reuse luminaires from a retrofit project itself and, in an increasing number of cases, use luminaires from a completely different...

Introducing Recolight's Circular Economy Programme for 2023

Introducing the Recolight Circular Economy programme for 2023

Recolight is following-up last year’s Circular Economy activity with a wide-ranging 2023 programme of workshops, webinars and conferences, going further and deeper into the subject. John Bullock, Editor, The Light Review, talks with: Nigel Harvey, CEO Recolight. Ray Molony, Editor, Circular Lighting Report, Head of content...

Recolight webinar summary - The specifiers role in the circular economy

The specifier’s role in the circular economy

Summary of Recolight Webinar On our webinar held on 16 September 2021, we were joined by a panel of incredible lighting professionals, with a passion for sustainability, all doing amazing things reduce our impact on the environment. Specifiers are becoming pivotal in driving the uptake of...

Nigel Harvey joins Extinction Rebellion protests

I am joining the Extinction Rebellion protests in London. I do this because all other approaches have failed. Signing petitions, lobbying MPs, changing my behaviour and encouraging others to do likewise, have all failed. The emissions keep rising. What we need is decisive Government action....

WEEE compliance - it's about more than ticking a box

WEEE Compliance is about more than ticking a box

Recolight Members recognise that WEEE compliance is about more than just ticking a box. They are actively committed to protecting the environment. Simplicity for our Producer Members and for their customers is one of the reasons why Recolight’s membership continues to grow. Why Recolight is different We...

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