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Membership of the Recolight WEEE compliance scheme

I am very pleased that Recolight membership continues to grow.  20 new members have joined us in 2015, and our total membership now stands at 155.  As the leading lighting WEEE compliance scheme, there are many reasons why producers join us: Unique charging method Our unique per...

National lamp recycling target likely to increase

The Government has consulted on the national targets for household WEEE recycling, including the target for waste lamp recycling.  In 2014, the national target was 830 tonnes.  However, in its consultation, the Government has proposed increasing the target in 2015 to 2680 tonnes.  This is...

Changes in classification of lighting equipment as B2B or B2C

The Government has now updated its guidance on how Producers should decide if products are classified as Household (B2C),or Non-Household (B2B) under the WEEE regulations. Recolight has provided further guidance to its members. The change has implications for lighting producers. For luminaire producers, some products will fall out...

Dual Use – for a fairer WEEE system

The Government has announced that it intends to implement ‘dual use’ in WEEE recycling.  The key change will be to classify products likely to be used by both businesses and consumers as household. The effect of this change is to further improve the WEEE legislation,...

Stricter sentencing guidelines for environmental offenders

The Sentencing Council has released new guidelines advising judges to hand out harsher sentences for individuals and companies convicted of environmental crimes. The guidelines will come into force on 1 July 2014. Tougher Sentences for Environmental Crimes The new guidelines do not represent a change in the...

2013 lamp recycling hits all time high

Provisional 2013 recycling figures released to WEEE schemes by the Environment Agency today show the UK lamp recycling rate increased from 39.5% in 2012 to 52.8% in 2013.  The UK luminaire rate has also improved from 0.6% in 2012 to 2% in 2013. UK to Meet...

Recolight highlights of 2013

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...

Key changes to WEEE regulations

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...

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