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The voice of lighting WEEE

EucoLight is the voice of European lighting WEEE compliance schemes; our members are producer responsibility organisations specialised in managing the collection and recycling of WEEE lighting. Founded in 2015, EucoLight engages with:

Everything related to the WEEE Directive.
Legislation and standards affecting the collection and recycling of WEEE lighting.

EucoLight works on behalf of its members and is working to make the circular economy a reality for lighting products by:

Promoting the positive role of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes on the environment and society.
Engaging in constructive dialogue with stakeholders to provide expertise in the field of collection and recycling of WEEE lighting.

Working with its members, EucoLight:

Provides policy makers with effective input and technical expertise helping to shape policy for WEEE lighting.
Liaises with stakeholders.
Contributes to standardisation with specialist organisations.
Is committed to provide greater awareness for collection and recycling of WEEE lighting.
Is an advocate for Extended Producer Responsibility; creating a level playing field.
Promotes and shares best practice for collection and recycling.

We are EucoLight

The General Assembly is the Sovereign body of EucoLight.

The Board of Directors are the Executive body of EucoLight.

The Working Groups (Policy, Marketing, and Logistics and Treatment) are the engine of the political and association work.

Working Groups

Our working groups are the engine of our political and association work.

They are formed of volunteers from member organisations and overseen by the EucoLight secretariat.

Working groups

Policy

The Policy working group monitors and seeks to influence the EU regulatory and legislative developments that affect the collection and recycling of lighting products. This includes the EU WEEE Directive, the EU Waste Framework Directive and the EU circular economy initiatives that are relevant to EucoLight members.

Chaired by Natalia Sierra Conde Saraiva de Carvalho from Ambilamp – Spain.

Meet the Secretariat

The Secretariat is responsible for the implementation of the strategy of the association, the coordination of its working group’s projects, and in his advocacy role he represents the interests of EucoLight externally.

Marc Guiraud

EucoLight Secretary General

Marc Guiraud is the first General Secretary of EucoLight. Marc has been running the Brussels office of EucoLight since 2015.

Marc has 30 years experience in the field of European policies and regulatory affairs. He worked for industry trade associations in Brussels with a strong focus on European policies relating to industry and sustainability (LightingEurope and EDANA).

As Policy Director with LightingEurope, Marc oversaw the association’s activity in terms of collection & recycling of lighting products, smart lighting, and managed EU-funded projects in the field of energy efficiency.

More specifically, he works for the benefit of EucoLight members by encouraging a legislative environment that enables the sustainable collection of lighting WEEE. This helps EucoLight members to achieve and exceed performance targets and to operate the best collection and recycling practices for environmental sustainability. He also promotes ambitious and fair requirements for extended producer responsibility organisations, EPR being indeed a key acknowledged tool for a circular economy.

Marc has authored, co-authored and presented articles on sustainability, international trade and the approximation of European legislation. As part of his work with EucoLight he has organised and spoken at several events on sustainable WEEE waste collection and other aspects of circularity.

Meet the Board

Fabrizio D’Amico

EucoLight Chairman

Gied van Hoorn

EucoLight Treasurer

Andreas Adam

EucoLight Board Member

key requirements

Extended Producer Responsibility

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies extend the producers responsibility beyond the consumption stage of a product’s life-cycle. Producers are responsible for financing the correct management of the waste arising from their products.

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