
29 million LED lights go to landfill
Research shows that around 29 million LED, solar and decorative lights are ending up in landfill in the UK annually.

Your jargon-free guide to the latest developments in sustainable and circular lighting. Learn about the people, products, projects and processes that are shaping our industry’s low carbon future. Plus: explainers on the latest innovations, opinion from thought leaders and video interviews with leading disruptors. Edited by Ray Molony.

Research shows that around 29 million LED, solar and decorative lights are ending up in landfill in the UK annually.

Architect Rachel Hoolahan challenges some of the norms of the lighting industry in this video discussion with Circular Lighting Report

Oxford Street’s Christmas lighting will be the most sustainable ever, the New West End Company has vowed. The LED illuminations

The amount of embodied carbon in a luminaire calculated with TM65 is around 68% higher than those calculated with LCA,

A leading distributor of lighting has said that it’s easier to sell new luminaires even when they’re more expensive than

Signify has introduced a range of pendants manufactured from what the company terms ‘bio-circular materials’. At least 55 per cent

A raft of lighting projects where lighting has been reused has taken top honours in the lighting category of the

Circular Lighting Report editor Ray Molony selects a dozen exemplars of low impact lighting which challenge the current take-make-waste norms

Upcycled luminaires rescued from the potential waste steam have been used to create a lighting landmark at Senate House Steps

Manufacturers who have published TM66 ratings for their luminaires will not need to recalculate for future editions, one of the

Almost 200 luminaires have been reused in a lighting upgrade at Haberdasher’s Hall in London. The lights were upgraded by

Electrical contractors dropping off end-of-life lamps and luminaires at wholesalers will no longer need paperwork. The Environment Agency has announced