Defra have now confirmed that from the end of 2020, most retailers will be required to provide in-store WEEE takeback. The new requirement will apply to all retailers and wholesalers with annual sales of electrical items above £100,000. Online retailers without physical retail premises, and...
The results of a multi-national study into non-compliance of product sold through online marketplaces were revealed at a workshop hosted in Brussels on 6 November by EucoLight. EucoLight, the European Association for lighting WEEE compliance schemes, undertook a study of over 4200 products made available for...
More and more consumers purchase electrical products through online marketplaces. However, a recent survey by EucoLight members has uncovered that an alarming proportion of such products do not comply with their environmental, legal and financial obligations. The survey examined seven different product types sold through...
Recolight have opened an Invitation to Tender. This is to suppliers to enter into agreements with Recolight Ltd for the supply of treatment services in respect of gas discharge and LED lamps in full compliance with the requirements of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment...
I was arrested on Monday afternoon, for alleged wilful obstruction of the public highway in Trafalgar Square. The police warned me in advance that I was likely to be arrested, but I chose to remain where I was. Compliance with the law is in my DNA: ...
Recolight recycle lamps, lots of them. Since 2007 we’ve funded the recycling of over 300 million. This is enough to fill over 10 Albert Halls. We have managed to do this because we were set up as a not-for-profit WEEE Compliance Scheme by the lighting industry...
A new EU regulation* means that online fulfilment houses will be required to take responsibility for compliance documentation, if there is no appointed manufacturers representative. The new compliance and enforcement regulation The “Regulation on market surveillance and compliance of products” requires companies to appoint an economic operator...
UK WEEE collections have fallen short of targets for the last three years and revised POPs constraints could impact on recycling levels. How could the regulations be changed to reverse this decline? What options should the Government consider when they consult on revisions to the...
The government yesterday issued a summary of their consultation on reforming the UK packaging producer responsibility system. Question 25 was of particular importance to making the system fairer, as it addressed the large scale problem of non-compliance of online marketplaces. Of 586 respondents, a remarkable 95% believe...
Changes to the WEEE Regulations in 2019 The WEEE Regulations have applied to a closed scope of products since 2007. Unless a product was listed in the fourteen categories, then they were out of scope. A specific exclusion meant that household luminaires were also of scope. In...