EucoLight - Publications

EucoLight joins forces with 30 organisations from European industry and NGOs to warn that millions of products sold online including textiles, electronics, furniture, and cosmetics will be able to escape the EU framework on product sustainability currently being negotiated. Some online sellers will undermine the Green Deal by dodging current and future EU legislation without […]

EucoLight responded to the call for evidence for the evaluation of the WEEE Directive making a series of recommendations on the following issues: Scope and WEEE definitions WEEE definitions Subcategories for lighting Same rules for all actors Data transparency and control mechanisms Compliance with extended producer responsibility obligations associated with online sales, the online-free riding […]

EucoLight responsed to the public consultation on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive making a series of recommendations on key priorities: Secure a level playing field Regulate online sales Better and consistent controls of collective and individual schemes  Same rules for all actors that manage the WEEE waste flows  Regulate the WEEE EPR model […]

Adopted in June 2019, the recast Regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) set the contaminant limits that largely determine the treatment of the waste and, in particular for limits in Annex IV, define whether a waste containing specific POP substances should be disposed of in such a way that the POP content is destroyed or […]

EucoLight responsed to the call for evidence for an impact assessment on revision of EU waste framework making a series of recommendations on:​ Extended producer responsibility requirements that have not been adequately addressed in Article 8a of the 2018 Directive or for which the compliance should be improved; Accuracy of EEE and WEEE data, and […]

​​On the occasion of the vote on the Digital Services Act (DSA) in the IMCO committee, Eucolight has prepared a short statement whose purpose is to point out the essential elements that should be reflected in the final version of compromise amendments in order to stop the flow of non-compliant product into the Union.  EucoLight […]

EucoLight joins forces with 29 other city society and industry groups to ask policymakers that the Digital Service Act holds accountable online platforms that facilitate the initiation of transactions between traders and end-users via a strong liability regime and firm obligations. ​ The Digital Service Act is the perfect opportunity to address the access of illegal […]

Eco-modulation task force response to the 2018 Directive 2018/851/EU on Waste, the WEEE Compliance Promotion Exercise and the 2019 Commission’s draft Guidelines on general minimum requirements. Objective of the task force is to proactively set the framework, principles and mechanisms for a harmonised eco-modulated fee scheme in Europe which is compatible with both: existing EPR […]

A study performed by Fraunhofer IZM and mandated by EucoLight This report presents a technical feasibility study on the technology assessment for the separation of collected End-of-Life (EoL) lamps, more specifically the technical possibilities for separating conventional gas discharge lamps (GDLs) from conventional light-emitting diode (LED) lamps. ​The project consisted of first a theoretical phase […]

A series of environmental NGOs call on the European Parliament to take measures to stop the sales and imports of illegal products via online marketplaces. In other to do so, they propose the following measures:   ​ If no other actor located in the EU is liable to consumers, online marketplaces and fulfilment service providers […]