2013 was an important year for Recolight and for the lighting industry, which saw the recast of the WEEE Directive and its transposition into law through the revised WEEE Regulations. I wanted to highlight some of the most exciting developments, which came towards the end...
The new WEEE regulations were laid before parliament on 10 December 2013. Here we provide a detailed summary of the key changes that will affect the lighting industry, and those with a responsibility for collection too. Categories and scope LED light sources are moved from category 5 and into category...
The WEEE regulations 2013 have now been laid before parliament. As expected, they contain some important changes: LED light sources (which include LED lamps and LED luminaires) are put in the same category as gas discharge lamps. This will avoid the risk of an orphan waste...
Yesterday the WEEE Regulations 2013 were laid before parliament, and will come into force on 1 January 2014. The revised WEEE Regulations contain some important changes for the lighting industry: All lighting equipment to use an integrated LED light source are put in the same category as...
A luminaire recycling rate of just 0.6% The Government’s data shows that the recycling rate for business luminaires in 2012 was just 0.6%. What that means is that virtually all waste luminaires are either being collected through informal channels such as scrap dealers, or are going...
In just three years LUX Live has established itself as the key UK lighting show. Each year the floor space, number of exhibitors and visitors has increased. This year we were promised a LUX Live full of content, The LUX Arena delivered, with often standing room...
Recolight, the UK’s WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, will be launching a combined WEEE compliance service for luminaires and lamps at this year’s LuxLive exhibition, to reflect the market and regulatory changes taking place. Recolight are expanding their compliance offering to reflect the changing...
LuxLive 2013 At this year’s LuxLive exhibition, Recolight launched a combined WEEE compliance service for luminaires and lamps, to reflect the market and regulatory changes taking place and to increase the national collection rate for luminaires. LED luminaires As lamp and luminaire technologies are converging, luminaires incorporating integrated...
The government has announced that it has chosen option 3 from those it was considering from the recent BIS consultation. We at Recolight realise that this will fundamentally change the household WEEE system in the UK. For one, this will eliminate the ‘must buy’ market and...
The new WEEE regulations include a provision that companies selling less than 5 tonnes of lamps or luminaires, or other electrical equipment, are classed as “Small Producers”. This de minimis clause means they do not have to join a Producer Compliance scheme in 2014. Instead, they...