Recolight, the leading UK WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, has announced the signing of its 150th producer member. 17 companies have now joined the scheme since the beginning of the year. Adrian Willis, Membership Development Manager commented on the news “Our growing membership allows us...
Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, has reached a major milestone, its Members having funded the recycling of 200 million lamps, luminaires and LEDs since 2007. This is enough to fill the Royal Albert Hall seven times. Recolight is unique amongst WEEE...
Recolight is delighted to be selected as a finalist for the MRW National Recycling Awards 2015. Recolight is one of eight shortlisted companies in the Resource Management Business of the Year category. The National Recycling Awards 2015 recognise and highlight the excellence and innovation present throughout the recycling...
The Government has updated its guidance on how lighting industry Producers should decide if products are classified as Household (B2C), or Non-Household (B2B). Recolight has published advice on how to comply with the changed requirements. Previously, the approach to classification as B2B or B2C was largely...
Nigel Harvey, CEO of Recolight, the leading UK WEEE compliance scheme for lamps, will be speaking at LuxLive 2014, discussing the key changes and consequences of the new Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment regulations. The presentation will take place at Tech Theatre Two at 1.00pm...
The following press release has been issued by the JTA. The Joint Trade Associations (JTA) has revealed further details of the mechanism it has proposed to the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) to calculate the WEEE compliance fee. The JTA has provided BIS with a...
A survey commissioned by Recolight has shown that 95.1 per cent of respondents think that all lamp producers should be required to offer free recycling. Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, partnered with Voltimum to assess industry opinions on lamp recycling. There...
Recolight currently provides those UK lamp recyclers who chose to respond to a tender in 2012, with a capped subsidy for waste lamps they collect from their own customers. This subsidy is known as Delegated User Arrangements, or DUA. From 1 January 2015, the Recolight...
This week the Government announced a short consultation to amend the way the business WEEE system works. The Government intends to change the classification of products sold to businesses that can be used both by consumers and businesses. These so called “dual use” products will now...
Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, celebrated at its annual summer event yesterday a successful and eventful year. Highlights included the introduction of the new WEEE Regulations in January 2014, the expansion of its network by over 1000 collection points, the...