09/02/2017
Client of the Year nominations unveiled as excitement builds for Lux Awards
The nominees for Recycling Project of the Year, sponsored by Recolight and Lumicom, include Dexreco for their luminaire disposal project and...
09/02/2017
Lighting: The easiest way to slash your energy bills
...Harvey, chief executive of the lighting industry WEEE compliance scheme Recolight, provides a comprehensive update of changes to the regulations, Read more Source: Connecting Industry...
07/02/2017
Providing more than just WEEE compliance
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Recolight provide WEEE compliance for all WEEE lighting. But we offer more than just compliance; we provide an integrated free lamp and luminaire recycling service for your customers and all end users. We can do this because we operate as a...
01/02/2017
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...
30/01/2017
Why lamp collections & recycling should be free
WEEE compliance explained and why lamp recycling should be free. WEEE compliance and WEEE recycling explained The WEEE regulations were introduced to the UK 10 years ago with the sole purpose of producers taking responsibility for recycling electronic equipment at the end of its life. This concept...
19/12/2016
Q3 lamp recycling data could lead to higher WEEE costs
The latest lamp recycling data was released by the Environment Agency at the end of November. This shows that 4141 tonnes have been collected up to end September 2016. If collections continue at the same rate to the end of the year, the national target...
01/12/2016
Recolight CEO discusses implications of Brexit for Lighting Industry at LuxLive
Nigel Harvey, Recolight CEO gave an overview of the possible impact of Brexit on the UK environmental legislation that affects the Lighting Industry. Harvey explained that EU legislation effects in the UK in two principal ways. Directives, such WEEE, EMC, and the LVD, are transposed into...
18/11/2016
Recolight uses LuxLive 2016 to expand free recycling services
Recolight will be exhibiting at LuxLive 2016, ExCel London 23 to 24 November. The company will be highlighting the expansion of its free recycling service for all waste lighting. Recolight is the UK’s largest lighting WEEE scheme, and the customers of Recolight members can access a...
25/10/2016
Recolight are pleased to have been instrumental in the establishment of the new WEEE PCS Balancing System, or PBS.
Most Local Authority household waste recycling centres collect WEEE. And under WEEE regulation 34, a Local Authority can require any PCS to make a WEEE collection, from any site in the UK, subject to certain conditions. The availability of regulation 34 is good news for...
10/10/2016
Recolight encourages Local Authorities to return commercial waste lamps to HWRCs
Recolight currently collects waste lamps from a significant proportion of the UK’s Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs). The company is today writing to all its Local Authority Partners, to confirm that they may choose to deposit waste lamps from commercial sources in Recolight containers. These...