Electrical contractors' attitudes to recycling In a survey conducted in 2010, Recolight found that recycling is something that electrical contractors take very seriously, with two-thirds (64%) saying that the safe disposal and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment is "totally embedded" within the culture of...
A final version of the text of the WEEE directive was agreed at a meeting of the Council, Parliament and Commission on 20th December. Recolight has welcomed the text which includes a number of compromise positions. BIS have indicated that the new directive should enter...
The process of "recasting" the WEEE Directive is now well into its second reading. There are three distinct groups involved in the process - the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers (composed of representatives of all the Member States) and the European Commission. There are...
The Government's long anticipated waste review is now out, and, as the first responses appear online, we thought we would add our thoughts into the melting pot. It is really encouraging to see that the UK's domestic recycling rate is up to 40%. We've still got...
One of Recolight's unique features, and a reason we are able to make collecting waste lamps easy and efficient for businesses, is that we have a dedicated network of over 1,000 collection points across the country. Ensuring that we provide the best possible service to...
I have been paying close attention to the twists and turns in the recast of the WEEE Directive with particular interest. Over two years ago, the first proposals to recast the WEEE Directive were made. A firm commitment to the changes put forward has still...
It’s easy to think that responsibility for recycling lies with the end-user, but actually everyone in the lighting industry can contribute to ensuring that recycling levels are maximised – including lighting specifiers. All it takes is a single additional line in a specification – a...
Now the clocks have gone forward again I am enjoying the lighter evenings and the novel prospect of getting home before it gets dark. Thinking about the increasing hours of daylight made me think about how reliant we are on artificial light. In particular the millions...
Recolight has welcomed many of the recommendations made by Karl-Heinz Florenz MEP in his report to the European Parliament on the recast of the WEEE Directive. Florenz is the Rapporteur of the European Parliament's Temporary Committee on Climate Change. The report includes several key recommendations which,...
Recolight has welcomed the approval of a new amendment to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations which allows collection points to store WEEE until collection bins are full, rather than the current storage time limit of three months. Under the revised Regulations, DEFRA, the Welsh...