Recolight support development of lamp treatment standards

Recolight, the leading WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, is pleased to announce its involvement in creating the international draft standard for LED lighting in its role as the UK’s representative to CENELEC (The European Committee for Electronic Standardisation).

Work on the draft standard began a year ago. If the standard is adopted, it will be sent to national standards committees, such as BSI (the British Standards Institute), for approval. If accepted here, the standard will be published by CENELEC. The UK government can then decide whether the standard is used or not.

Further to this activity, Recolight is to host a two-day meeting in the UK for CENELEC and many other EU-wide representatives, as part of their regular meetings to build the draft standards.

Commenting on the announcement, Recolight Chief Executive Nigel Harvey said: “We are delighted that we are able to be part of creating the international draft standard for LED Lighting and we applaud the work that CENELEC is doing for the lighting industry. Importantly, there has been terrific work conducted by CENELEC on regulating recycling techniques to establish best practices. This includes, for instance, building those standards governing the amounts of mercury that can be left in the different fractions after a lamp is recycled. Ultimately, this will help to make sure the environment is kept safe from hazardous materials.”