Tewkesbury Borough Council is leading the way for recycling in Gloucestershire once again by offering residents the opportunity to recycle their energy saving light bulbs. The council has installed five recycling banks across the borough for residents to recycle their old energy saving light bulbs. This...
The Joint Trade Associations (JTA) group, of which Recolight is a member, has announced its support for the Government’s WEEE consultation. The JTA group comprises eight trade associations and four producer-led compliance schemes, collectively representing approximately 90% of all WEEE producer responsibility in the UK. Government’s...
Nigel Harvey, Chief Executive of Recolight, the UK’s WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, is due to speak about the upcoming changes to WEEE legislation at this year’s Rushlight Show on 31st January at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, in London. Now in...
Nigel Harvey, CEO of Recolight, the UK’s WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, was named Lux Person of the Year 2012 at last night’s Lux Awards. The glittering award ceremony took place at the Natural History Museum with 16 awards up for grabs. The Lux...
local authorities across the country to do more to help increase recycling rates of low-energy light bulbs (CFLs). Under the WEEE Regulations low-energy light bulbs need to be recycled when they reach end of life, and local authorities provide vital collection facilities at 1,100 household waste...
Recolight, the UK's WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, achieved success last night at the National Recycling Awards. Recolight won the Award for Recycling and Waste Management Business of the Year (SME). The recycling and waste management industry has made significant progress over the years,...
Recolight has welcomed many of the recommendations made by Karl-Heinz Florenz MEP in his report to the European Parliament on the recast of the WEEE Directive. Florenz is the Rapporteur of the European Parliament's Temporary Committee on Climate Change. The report includes several key recommendations which,...
Recolight has welcomed the approval of a new amendment to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations which allows collection points to store WEEE until collection bins are full, rather than the current storage time limit of three months. Under the revised Regulations, DEFRA, the Welsh...