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Recolight makes recycling lamps and luminaires simple and free. But we don’t stop there.
We work alongside the lighting industry to accelerate the shift to a Circular Economy.
With a Reuse Hub and Circular Lighting Live Conference, to workshops, webinars, and Life Cycle Assessments.
Recolight is the WEEE Compliance Scheme that gives you much more.
Take a look at the services offered by Recolight
COMPLIANCE
For producers of lighting products and all electricals included in the WEEE Regulations. FREE recycling of lamps & luminaires for you & your customers
COLLECTIONS
Free recycling for lamps covered by the WEEE Regulations. Collection and recycling service for luminaires, batteries, PV Panels and electrical items too.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Working with the lighting industry, Recolight deliver conferences, webinars, and workshops; helping to drive the lighting industry to a more sustainable and circular business model.
LCA & EPD SERVICE
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) services, specifically designed for lighting manufacturers.
CARBON ASSESMENT
A partnership with Auditel, a leading carbon solutions company to help organisations reduce their carbon emissions with the potential to also reduce their costs.
WEEE INFO
All you need to know about the WEEE Regulations – what they are and what they do.
Recolight recycling process, document downloads, and useful links.
REUSE HUB
Facilitating reuse, and remanufacture of lighting
At Recolight, we recycle, but moving towards a Circular Economy model, recycling is not always the best solution.
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BOOK YOUR COLLECTION
RecoWeb is Recolight’s booking system for collections, and to apply to set up a new site or new service. RecoWeb provides you with an audit trial for all you collections.
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DROP-OFF NETWORK
UK network of drop-off points for all WEEE lighting.
For consumers and businesses. Enter your postcode to find one close to you.
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ABOUT RECOLIGHT
Recolight is the leading UK WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry:
- taking on responsibility for its Members’ WEEE compliance,
- giving their customers access to the UK’s most comprehensive free lamp collection and recycling service,
- and helping to ensure that as many lamps as possible are kept out of landfill.
Recolight’s comprehensive offering makes it the preferred WEEE scheme for the lighting industry, setting the standard for the sector.
Since its founding in 2007, Recolight has funded the recycling of over 380 million lamps, LEDs and luminaires, more than all other UK WEEE schemes put together.
Recycling isn’t always the best solution, Recolight go beyond recycling.
Working with the lighting industry, Recolight help the lighting industry take real steps toward a sustainable future. From our Reuse Hub and Circular Lighting Live Conference, to workshops, webinars, and Life Cycle Assessments, we support businesses in taking practical actions to embrace the Circular Economy.
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RECYCLING DROP-OFF POINTS
Recolight has the largest UK network of recycling drop-off locations for all WEEE lighting. It is for both consumers, and small quantities of business waste lamps.
With our interactive map you can search for over 2000 unique free drop-off points to find the one closest to you by it’s function: commercial – both small amounts of business waste or EMR Luminaires, as well as Householder Council Recycling Centres and Drop-off points specifically only for low energy light bulbs.
Use our interactive tool to search within your town or postcode to find the ones closest to you.
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IN FIGURES
Since 2007 we have recycled over
382 million
lamps and counting
Lighting producer Members
220
With over 200 lighting Producer Members we are the scheme of choice for the lighting industry.
Free lamp recycling collection points
UK wide network of over 4500 collection points giving our members, their customers, and end-users access to FREE lamp recycling.
4500
Million pieces of lighting recycled
382
This volume would fill just over 13 Royal Albert Halls. Saving over 1.5 tonnes of mercury from landfill.
CIRCULAR LIGHTING REPORT
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.
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NEWS
Our latest Press Releases and Blog posts
2 May 2025
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18 March 2025Science based targets, EcoVadis, or B Corp?
The options open to lighting industry manufacturers to get their sustainability credential...
4 March 2025Recolight welcome new WEEE Compliance Scheme Members
Recolight are delighted to announce that 12 companies joined the Recolight WEEE scheme ove...