lamp recycling target for 2018

Recolight welcomes Government decision on 2018 WEEE lamp collection target

Recolight, the UK’s leading lighting WEEE compliance scheme has today welcomed Defra’s announcement of the 2018 national target for waste lamp recycling. Defra initially considered setting the target at 5256 tonnes, but following a consultation in early March, they have increased this to 5517 tonnes.  Recolight...

Environment Agency WEEE charges

Recolight criticises Environment Agency WEEE charging announcement

Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, has criticised a decision by the Environment Agency (EA) to significantly increase WEEE charges. Following a consultation, the EA yesterday announced that some annual WEEE charges they levy on producers would more than triple in 2019. ...

Press statement

In June 2017, Wastecare and Weeecare opened high court proceedings against Recolight in respect of lamp evidence and unpaid invoices.  In July 2017 Recolight responded with a counterclaim.  Recolight are pleased to report that the case has been satisfactorily settled out of court....

Survey of online retailer/fulfillment house

Survey of online retailer/fulfilment house

Recolight studied the extent of online freeriding in the UK.  To do this, Recolight chose an online retailer/fulfillment house, and ran a search on “LED bulb”.  This revealed the following: 91 of first 120 records were freeriders (The producer was not listed on the UK...

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