These are the findings of a survey conducted by the market research institute GfK on behalf of EucoLight across Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Romania The main difficulties encountered concern differentiating energy-saving lamps from LED lamps and how to recycle them. EucoLight, the European Association for lighting WEEE compliance schemes, has conducted a […]
The final step of the adoption of the EU Waste legislative package is in the informal Trilogue phase. The European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission are finalising the text of the proposal to amend the Directive on Waste. This proposal includes minimum extended responsibility requirements. EucoLight has been advocating for legally binding minimum […]
Brussels, 31 March 2017 – On March 14 2017, the European Parliament (EP) adopted its position on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive and the Waste Batteries Directive based on the reports of its member, Ms Simona Bonafè. Notably the amendments to the Waste Framework Directive […]
Delegates from 18 lighting WEEE compliance schemes and their lighting producer board members met at the second EucoLight Conference in Bratislava to discuss and share insight into challenges faced with the WEEE lighting. Mr. Marián Stryček, WEEE expert at the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic and counsellor to the EU Presidency, shared […]
Light + Building is the world’s biggest trade fair for lighting and building-services technology. About 2,500 exhibitors take part at the Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre and almost one in two of the over 210,000 visitors comes from outside Germany. EucoLight, the European association of lighting WEEE compliance schemes will be present at Light+Buidling through […]
EucoLight, the association of European Lighting WEEE compliance schemes held its first annual Conference and General Assembly last week in Chantilly, France. The conference objective was to review and respond to the recycling challenges and opportunities of evolving lamp and lighting equipment. Insight was received from the 60 delegates representing 16 lighting WEEE compliance scheme […]
EucoLight, the association of European Lighting WEEE compliance schemes has cautiously welcomed the Circular Economy Package released by the European Commission on 2 December 2015. It is particularly pleased to observe that the Commission considers Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) a key tool of an efficient circular economy. Commenting on the news, EucoLight Chairman Juan Carlos […]
EucoLight, the new lighting WEEE compliance scheme trade association has made good progress in its first year of operation. Nigel Harvey, Chief Executive of Recolight, and a board member of EucoLight said today “EucoLight now has members from 16 EU Member States, which gives the organisation a great deal of credibility when dealing with European […]
A new European association focused on WEEE in the lighting sector has been established. EucoLight has been created to give a voice to WEEE compliance schemes that are specialised in managing the collection and recycling of lamps and luminaires. The WEEE Directive, as recast, has greater impact on lighting than on any other industry sector. […]
