lux awards designing for a circular economy

Lighting for a Circular Economy – LUX Awards 2018

A circular approach seeks to minimise both the quantity of virgin raw materials needed and the quantity of waste produced. To achieve this, products, their components, and the materials from which they are made, need to be kept in use and circulation longer by manufacturers and...

EucoLight conference for lighting WEEE Producer Compliance Schemes

Delegates from 18 lighting WEEE compliance schemes and their lighting producer board members come together for the third EucoLight Conference in April. On the agenda is the challenge of LED recycling. The conference is hosted by LightRec, the Dutch Producer Compliance Scheme (PCS) for Lighting. LEDs...

The Circular Economy of Lighting

The lighting industry and the Circular Economy

Much is being published promoting Circular Economy principles of greater resource efficiency, but how does this impact the lighting industry? The model calls for reduction of waste, increasing the useful life of products, reusing and recycling more, and reducing reliance on virgin raw materials. Our...

EucoLight Managers Confernece 2016

First EucoLight conference looks at Circular Economy and LED recycling

EucoLight, the association of European Lighting WEEE compliance schemes held its first annual Conference and General Assembly this month in Chantilly, France. The conference objective was to review and respond to the recycling challenges and opportunities of evolving lamp and lighting equipment.  Insight was received from...

EucoLight, European association for lighting WEEE compliance schemes

EucoLight cautiously welcomes the Commission’s Circular Economy Package

EucoLight, the association of European Lighting WEEE compliance schemes has cautiously welcomed the Circular Economy Package released by the European Commission in December 2015.  It is particularly pleased to observe that the Commission considers Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes, are a key tool of an...

EucoLight, European association for lighting WEEE compliance schemes

EucoLight delivers for lighting WEEE in 2015

EucoLight, the new lighting WEEE compliance scheme trade association has made good progress in its first year of operation. Nigel Harvey, Chief Executive of Recolight, and a board member of EucoLight said today “EucoLight now has members from 16 EU Member States, which gives the organisation a...

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