In this issue:

Recolight calendar – send your photo by Wednesday 9th December to win a crate of beer!
Calling all collection points! We are inviting you to provide images of you and.... [VIEW MORE]

Nominate a collection point
If you know of a business that would benefit from joining Recolight’s.... [VIEW MORE]

Recolight and Sainsbury’s launch co-collection partnership
Five Sainsbury's stores are piloting a scheme in partnership with Recolight to... [VIEW MORE]

New Health, Safety and Compliance Manager - Gemma Bristow
In November, we appointed our new Health, Safety and Compliance Manager.... [VIEW MORE]

Events
We’ve had a busy year travelling around the country to various.... [VIEW MORE]

Collection point logo and usage guidelines
Hopefully you will have received your copy of the Recolight Collection Point.... [VIEW MORE]

Collection points of the month
ARH Group Ltd is an electrical contractor formed in.... [VIEW MORE]

Do you want to feature your Collection Point in future
e-newsletter issues?
We are always keen to hear from collection points who would .... [VIEW MORE]

Calling all collection points! We are inviting you to provide images of you and your collection points for our 2010 collection point calendar. Each collection point selected for the calendar will receive a generous crate of beer as well as the kudos and publicity of being on our calendar. You can be as creative as you like with your images. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee every image will be used.

Please send your photo entries as a jpg file to Paul Childs pchilds@eloquipr.co.uk before Wednesday 11th December, with details of the collection point and names of those in the picture. We are happy to include information about your business alongside the picture.

If you know of a business that would benefit from joining Recolight's free collection network or a customer who needs a free one-off lamp collection, why not let us know? As we look to expand our network we welcome nominations from existing network members. Any nominations that result in new collection points or one-off lamp collections will be entered into our prize draw to win a bottle of bubbly. And remember, as a Recolight collection point we want to celebrate your recycling achievements. Why not get in touch and we can feature you in our newsletter and on our website.

Five Sainsbury’s stores are piloting a scheme in partnership with Recolight to offer energy-saving light bulb and battery recycling facilities to consumers. Sainsbury’s stores  in Croydon, Sydenham, Greenwich, London Colney and Harringay now have a Recolight lamp and battery collection bin, and the scheme will be rolled out across 200 larger stores by the end of January next year.

As part of our ongoing commitment to raising recycling rates, we hope that these recycling points will encourage consumers to recycle their end-of-life lamps in a specially designed container which will be visible to millions of customers every week. Research we conducted indicated that consumers will recycle energy-saving light bulbs if they have access to suitable drop off points and Sainsbury’s provides an excellent location for these joint collections.

back to top

New Health, Safety and Compliance Manager – Gemma Bristow
In November, we appointed our new Health, Safety and Compliance Manager, Gemma Bristow. We are delighted to welcome Gemma to the team; she joins us from Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd where she was Environmental Health and Safety Advisor following her graduation from Nottingham Trent University where she gained a BSc (Hons) in Safety, Health and Environmental Management. Gemma is also a graduate member of the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management and the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

Gemma will be available to provide our collection points with practical advice and guidance on complying with the hazardous waste regulations. She will also be responsible for improvements to reporting systems, and maintaining health and safety records.

Events
We’ve had a busy year travelling around the country to various events in 2009, so make sure you keep an eye out for the Recolight stand in 2010 - amongst the shows we will be visiting are the Electrex Show and the RWM Show. Watch this space for more details in the run up to events where we will be exhibiting. 

Collection point logo and usage guidelines
Hopefully you will have received your copy of the Recolight Collection Point Logo and brand guidelines. We want you to celebrate the success of your collection point and have developed the logo for you to use to highlight your WEEE compliance credentials. The logo will also demonstrate to new and current customers that you are part of the UK's largest and most successful WEEE recycling network. If you need any information on how to use the logo, or need another copy, please let us know on 0845 601 7749 or info@recolight.co.uk
The logo can also be downloaded at www.recolight.co.uk/go/services/cplogo  

Collection points of the month
ARH Group Ltd

ARH Group Ltd is an electrical contractor formed in 1990 in central England which now covers all of the UK. The head office in Shrewsbury is one of the busiest collection points in the Recolight network.  Maintaining a commitment to embrace new technology, ARH Group Ltd provides the resources and professionalism of a large company with the flexibility and personal attention of one much smaller. ARH provides impartial advice on, and professional installation of, the most appropriate electrical solutions for their customers' facility. 

Terry Walsh, Maintenance Purchasing manager at ARH Group Ltd, said "We’ve been looking for environmentally friendly ways of recycling old lamps and fluorescent tubes since 1999. At that time it wasn't easy to do, but now Recolight has made the whole process very easy and simple.

For ARH, being a collection point has meant we can continue to be one step ahead. Our 80 engineers nationwide have the details of the nearest Recolight open collection point in their areas, so when necessary they all know exactly where to go to dispose of old lamps after a job.

Working with Recolight has helped us to deal more effectively with the process of recycling lamps, and as a result, we are able to offer an excellent standard of service to our ever growing customer base. The service offered by Recolight is a no fuss, simple, effective and easy system to use."

Wavertree Electrical Supplies Ltd

Based in Liverpool, Wavertree Electrical Supplies has been in the electrical wholesaler business for 25 years. Aiming to provide customers with the best selection of value for money, quality products and fast, friendly service, Wavertree offers a large choice of electrical products. Expanding the business to Preston, the first branch of sister-company Target Electrical Supplies opened in 1987, followed by further branches of Wavertree which have since been opened across Liverpool.

Clare Forshaw at Wavertree Electrical Supplies said "Our customer’s are happy knowing they can dispose of their lamps locally and they are made well aware that their waste will be dealt with in the correct way. Our company view has always been “if it can be recycled, it will get recycled”.

Working with Recolight has definitely improved business; customers keep returning to purchase more electrical equipment whilst taking full advantage of our recycling facility, which is local and convenient.

Do you want to feature your Collection Point in future
e-newsletter issues?
We are always keen to hear from collection points who would like to be featured in our newsletter, if you would like to feature in 2010 please do let us know by emailing newsletter@recolight.co.uk