The Recolight WEEE compliance scheme takes on the lighting producers WEEE responsibility and recycles all WEEE lighting. Some compliance schemes don’t provide a recycling service for their members and their customers, they simply buy certificates from recyclers. Recolight is unique – a free recycling service is offered...
In 2019, the UK’s WEEE regulations move from a closed scope, with 14 categories, to an open scope with 6 categories. Closed vs open scope A closed scope means that if an electrical product is not specifically mentioned, then it is regarded as out of scope. The...
In January 2019 the UK WEEE Regulations will introduce new producer reporting categories; reducing the current 14 categories down to 6. The change would affect most UK luminaire producers. All lamps are reported in their own category, so lamp producers are not impacted by the change. The key...
In 2019 the WEEE Regulations will reduce the number of categories from 14 down to 6. The Government is considering how to implement this change, which could have particular impact on luminaire Producers. Recolight is inviting luminaire Producers to contribute their views. Consolidated responses will...
Autumn 2015 marked Recolight’s 10 year anniversary. In celebration of this milestone, I wanted to reflect on Recolight’s history alongside the evolution of the lighting industry and WEEE regulations. Starting out For us, it began in 2005, when Recolight was founded by GE Lighting, Havells Sylvania, Osram...
The Government has updated its guidance on how lighting industry Producers should decide if products are classified as Household (B2C), or Non-Household (B2B). Recolight has published advice on how to comply with the changed requirements. Previously, the approach to classification as B2B or B2C was largely...
The Government has now updated its guidance on how Producers should decide if products are classified as Household (B2C),or Non-Household (B2B) under the WEEE regulations. Recolight has provided further guidance to its members. The change has implications for lighting producers. For luminaire producers, some products will fall out...
The EA have today published updated scope guidance for the WEEE regulations. The guidance is pragmatic, but some lighting producers will need to change the way they report the products they sell, where they supply luminaires incorporating user replaceable LED modules. 1. All business luminaires (conventional...
The Government has announced that it intends to implement ‘dual use’ in WEEE recycling. The key change will be to classify products likely to be used by both businesses and consumers as household. The effect of this change is to further improve the WEEE legislation,...
In a recent court case, the largest distributor of mobile phones in the UK was found to be in breach of the WEEE regulations. The mobile phone logistics firm had failed to register with a compliance scheme, among six other charges, and was fined more...