The high level of product sold through online marketplaces that is not compliant with extended producer responsibility legislation is well established. The Covid-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the problem, as the growth in online sales has accelerated. EucoLight is organizing a webinar on 9th December 2020...
Defra has launched a consultation on options for this year’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) compliance fee.going out there and collecting the materials.” Nigel Harvey – CEO of the Recolight compliance scheme – believed there were issues with how Published by:by Lucy Pegg Source: Read more...
The collection of household waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the third quarter of 2020 returned to levels similar to ...
A CONSORTIUM of six companies and institutions has been formed to research practical methods of recovering gallium when LED lamps are ...
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has today published a report into the UK’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling system. The report is particularly critical of the lack of regulation of online marketplaces, and makes several key recommendations: Ambitious long-term targets for collection, re-use and...
A series of Recolight webinars looking at lighting and the circular economy have heard from experts across the lighting industry. They covered legislation for lighting, circular economy principles implemented in product design by manufactures, and challenged the industry to be more sustainable. These webinars just scratched...
Objective is to investigate feasibility of recovering Gallium from waste LED lamps LED chips separated, and then subject to ionic solvents Nine month project funded by Innovate UK Recolight are one of six partners A consortium of six companies and institutions has been formed to...
National approaches to prevent non-compliant sales through online marketplaces The high level of product sold through online marketplaces that is not compliant with extended producer responsibility legislation is well established. The Covid-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the problem, as the growth in online sales has accelerated. A...
WEEE collection rates have fallen over the past year, with small household WEEE in particular far adrift offlows affect WEEE arisings for collection. Nigel Harvey, chief executive of the lighting industry compliance scheme Recolight, said: “At Published by:By Mark Smulian Source: Read more...
In the second Recolight online discussion we explored the options for luminaries at the end of life. We need to look for ways to extend their life through reuse, refurbishment, extended warranties, & leasing business models. And no longer see them as a single life...