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It is illegal for a business to incorrectly dispose of hazardous waste, or to hand it to a contractor which is not authorised to handle it. Electrical contractors and their customers have a duty of care to make sure their waste is disposed of correctly. This applies to all who:

Produce or store waste.
Collect and transport waste.
Receive waste for recycling or disposal.

Light fittings must have lamps and batteries removed, and all three waste streams sored in separate containers. Incorrect disposal of hazardous waste could land contractors – and their customers – with prosecution, legal costs, reputational damage – and a fine.

Waste must be handed on to an organisation that is authorised to receive that waste. If the contractor disposes of that waste in an illegal fashion, both they, and their customer could be subject to enforcement action by the Environment Agency.

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About us

Recolight Ltd offers WEEE compliance & recycling for all WEEE lighting.

We are the UK’s leading specialist WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry.

We were formed by the UK lighting industry in 2005 firstly for the function of managing a Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Compliance Scheme for lamp manufacturers in the UK.

Our operation model is based upon one defined by the European Lamp Companies Federation (ELC) - a European Trade Association for lamp producers - although the application is different depending on the country, reflecting the contrasting national employments of the WEEE Directive EC2002/94.
The WEEE Regulations need manufacturers of EEE and their compliance schemes to promote and put systems in place for the handling - including recycling - of separately collected WEEE.

We received scheme endorsement on 21 February 2007 and started operating live on 2 July 2007.

Through us, the lighting manufacturing industry alone has been gathering and recycling more WEEE products than any other commercial region.

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16/12/2024 - Recolight welcomes Defra online marketplace WEEE announcement
The Government today announced that online marketplaces are to be brought into scope of the WEEE regulations.
25/10/2024 - One day LCA and WPD workshop for lighting producers
Recolight has announced the first date for a new LCA and EPD training workshop.
24/10/2024 - Circular Lighting Live 2024
Lighting industry backs its environmental claims with data
03/09/2024 - One Click LCA partners with Recolight to power embodied carbon transparency in UK lighting industry
One Click LCA, a leading provider of life-cycle assessment (LCA) and environmental product declaration (EPD) software, today announces a strategic reseller partnership with Recolight, the operator of one of the UK’s largest Reuse and Recycling Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) compliance schemes.
03/09/2024 - Top design practices back Circular Lighting Live
Top design practices attending Circular Lighting Live include AECOM, BDP, Buro Happold, Hoare Lea, Nulty, ORMS, Overbury, Speirs Major, STRÖM, and WSP.
12/07/2024 - New appointment to Recolight Board of Directors
Recolight is pleased to announce the appointment of a new director, Steve Meadows, who will represent Signify on the Recolight Ltd board.
10/06/2024 - Lighting Workshops: Facilitating remanufacturing and quantifying the benefits
A new series of workshops to help lighting producers access the growing market for the remanufacture of lighting has been announced by Recolight.
17/05/2024 - Circular Lighting Live 24: Programme unveiled
An instant success on its debut in 2022, Circular Lighting Live has become the defining gathering of the supply chain to assess its progress towards net zero.
13/02/2024 - New appointments to Recolight Board of Directors
Recolight is pleased to announce the appointment of two new directors to their board.
24/01/2024 - Announcing Net Zero Lighting Conference
How to sustainably manufacture lighting equipment
15/01/2024 - Recolight celebrates record membership growth
Recolight are delighted to announce that 15 companies joined Recolight in January 2024 , 12 of which transferred from other schemes.
03/01/2024 - Recolight welcome, and respond to WEEE Consultation
The government launched the eagerly anticipated WEEE consultation on 28 December 2023. A range of measures are proposed within the joint UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive consultation.
24/10/2023 - Recolight launch "game-changing” Reuse Hub to increase reuse and reduce waste
The Recolight Reuse Hub is a new digital marketplace for lighting. An online platform to facilitate the donation of new and used lighting products and equipment.
28/09/2023 - Circular Lighting Live 2023: Reuse of luminaires goes mainstream
The reuse of luminaires is being normalised. That was one of the key messages to come from the Circular Lighting Live 2023 conference in London last week.
05/09/2023 - Put yourself at the forefront of the sustainable lighting revolution
The EU Green Deal umbrella, with its 153 legislative acts, has set the pace for a global trend of green regulations that are coming at an unprecedented speed.
07/06/2023 - CircularLightingLive 2023: Programme unveiled
The provisional programme for this September’s Circular Lighting Live 2023 conference and exhibition has been unveiled by the organisers Recolight.
05/06/2023 - Lighting Workshops Quantifying Sustainable Resilience
A new series of workshops on how calculate circular and carbon metrics for lighting products has been announced by Recolight.
04/05/2023 - Lighting Industry gears for growth in remanufacturing
Experts gathered in London on 27 April 23 to discuss the opportunities and the challenges of remanufacturing lighting equipment.
06/03/2023 - Recolight welcomes scheme membership growth
During 2022, a total of 22 companies joined Recolight’s widely acclaimed WEEE compliance scheme. And from the beginning of 2023, another eight companies joined Recolight.
09/02/2023 - Announcing The Remanufacturing Lighting Conference
Clients, both corporate and public sector, are warming to the concept of reconditioned lights to achieve both sustainability goals and cost savings.
31/01/2023 - Recolight announce Circular Economy webinars for 2023
Recolight have confirmed dates for four new webinars in 2023 aimed at helping the lighting industry drive forward their sustainable practices.
25/01/2023 - Recolight Celebrates a year of Circular activity
During 2022, Recolight has been working hard to help get sustainability and climate action higher on the agenda.
14/12/2022 - Recolight Compliance Scheme Member satisfaction hits a high
A satisfaction survey* of 43 Recolight WEEE Compliance Scheme Producer Members showed particularly high levels of satisfaction.
10/10/2022 - UK’s first ever sustainability conference for lighting a sell-out success
The Circular lighting live conference and exhibition sold out over a week before the event was due to take place. With 250 registered attendees from specifiers, manufacturers and suppliers, the one day conference, which took place on 22 September, discussed how the lighting industry can make the circular economy a reality.
12/09/2022 - Concept downlight shows how to be circular
A Strange Form (Xenomorph) from design house Matt Black is a concept to create the most circular downlight possible.
09/08/2022 - Announcing Circular Lighting Live
Recolight announce Circular Lighting Live, the UK’s first major in person event dedicated to sustainable lighting. It will take place on 22 September, at the Cavendish Centre, London.
09/08/2022 - Recolight has unveiled a news service specialising in sustainable lighting.
The Circular Lighting Report is set to become the lighting industry’s online hub for all sustainability matters.
09/08/2022 - Recolight spearheads the circular economy for the lighting industry
Recolight now bring together a comprehensive range of services helping the lighting industry to fully embrace the circular economy.

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Recolight Ltd

A first rate service from start to finish. We needed lots of info filled in for Health & Safety reasons, Felisha was especially helpful and patient with our situation, as was everyone we spoke to in customer services, but Felisha really went the extra mile. We got there in the end and hope to have 3 very happy years getting rid of waste lamps trouble free.

By Richard Peters - 10 July 2023

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