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...
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...
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...
Recolight welcomes the strong support for major reform of the UK WEEE system following the publication of the Government’s summary of responses to the WEEE consultation. We are delighted by the very strong support for the changes to the household WEEE system, to make it fairer...
The 1 July 2007 marked the start of full producer compliance scheme obligations under the WEEE directive in the UK. Six years later and with big changes to the regulations underway, we thought it would be a good opportunity to take a step back and...
Results from a survey at the Facilities Show in Birmingham this year showed that the majority of Facilities Managers think that all lamp producers should be required to offer free lamp recycling. Facilities Show survey From 14-16 May 2012, Recolight met industry players at the world’s leading...
Our research has found that the overwhelming majority of public sector organisations are not taking advantage of free lamp recycling services available to them. Currently, only 0.3% of public sector organisations benefit from our free lamp recycling service as a member of our national network...