Mark Priestman, Managing Director of Non-Ferrous at EMR (formerly European Metal Recycling) writes As the recycling industry innovates to ...
New UK lighting legislation is due for publication in the summer and will mirror EU legislation. The proposed UK legislation applies from 1st September and is expected to have a one month transition allowance. Lamps which cannot be placed on the market From 1st October 2021 Self-ballasted...
Recolight has responded to Defra's decision to require retailers to provide in-store WEEE takeback by the end of 2020.in-store WEEE takeback by joining the Distributor Takeback Scheme. Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey commented, “For several...
Industry bodies have welcomed a Government decision to rule larger retailers out of the Distributor Takeback Scheme (DTS) in a year’s time ...
GOVERNMENT officials, sustainability authorities and lighting experts are set to gather for a key webinar at the end of this month to ...
Posted by: electime 5th May 2020the Circular Economy following the UK’s departure from the EU. Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey said, “Sustainability is...
Material Focus says up to 42% of people who saw its advertising campaign in 2020 said they had either started recycling electricals or were ...
Online retailer musicMagpie has erected a huge sculpture of world leaders made from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in ...
When it comes to recycling, electronics are not the first thing that springs to mind. However, as the fastest growing global waste stream, ...
The plastic in most waste electricals, apart from streetlighting, contain hazardous flame retardants. That means it is an offence to try to recycle them as scrap metal. They must be sent to a specialist waste electricals recycler. The flame retardants in question are regarded as...