The following press release has been issued by the JTA. The Joint Trade Associations (JTA) has revealed further details of the mechanism it has proposed to the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) to calculate the WEEE compliance fee. The JTA has provided BIS with a...
A survey commissioned by Recolight has shown that 95.1 per cent of respondents think that all lamp producers should be required to offer free recycling. Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, partnered with Voltimum to assess industry opinions on lamp recycling. There...
Recolight currently provides those UK lamp recyclers who chose to respond to a tender in 2012, with a capped subsidy for waste lamps they collect from their own customers. This subsidy is known as Delegated User Arrangements, or DUA. From 1 January 2015, the Recolight...
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...
This week the Government announced a short consultation to amend the way the business WEEE system works. The Government intends to change the classification of products sold to businesses that can be used both by consumers and businesses. These so called “dual use” products will now...
Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, celebrated at its annual summer event yesterday a successful and eventful year. Highlights included the introduction of the new WEEE Regulations in January 2014, the expansion of its network by over 1000 collection points, the...
Recolight, the specialist WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Operations Manager, Neil McLean. Neil has worked in the European lighting industry for the past 19 years. He joins Recolight from the Global Lighting group Havells-Sylvania, where...
The Sentencing Council has released new guidelines advising judges to hand out harsher sentences for individuals and companies convicted of environmental crimes. The guidelines will come into force on 1 July 2014. Tougher Sentences for Environmental Crimes The new guidelines do not represent a change in the...
Provisional 2013 recycling figures released to WEEE schemes by the Environment Agency today show the UK lamp recycling rate increased from 39.5% in 2012 to 52.8% in 2013. The UK luminaire rate has also improved from 0.6% in 2012 to 2% in 2013. UK to Meet...
Provisional 2013 recycling figures released to WEEE schemes by the Environment Agency today show the UK lamp recycling rate increased from 39.5% in 2012 to 52.8% in 2013. The UK luminaire rate has also improved from 0.6% in 2012 to 2% in 2013. Commenting on the...