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A bright future A
t its recent press and stakeholder association event, Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey applauded the huge steps taken by the lighting industry in adopting a circular economy. Read on for his thoughts, as shared with attendees on the day.
Over the last three years, we have seen a step change in action on the circular economy in the lighting industry, and Recolight has been delighted to be a contributor to that transformation.
Many more lighting industry companies are now active in the circular economy. Our recent Lighting Remanufacture conference had over 70 attendees. A signifi cant number of producers are now actively in remanufacture and upgrade of existing lighting – rather than just the supply of new lighting. That is a huge change. The needle is moving in the right direction.
At Recolight, we’ve been proud to be a part of this revolution. Over the last three years, our circular economy webinars have been joined by 3500 attendees, with a further 4450 listening in afterwards. We have been delighted that over 50 of the lighting industry’s most infl uential sustainability leaders have presented on the webinars. And in September last year, Circular Lighting Live, the UK’s fi rst conference and exhibition on sustainability in lighting was a sell-out success. We were so delighted with the feedback we have received, that the event will be some 30% bigger in September 2023. What was most heartening was the number of attendees who said that the event had spurred them into action. We’ve also been thrilled by the take up of our workshops on lighting product design for the circular economy, joined by around
100 attendees from a wide range of lighting manufacturers. For 2023, new workshops looking at the practical guidance on how to validate sustainability of lighting products.
We have sought to encourage and drive action on the circular economy in the lighting industry, because it is the right thing to do. It is part of our response to the climate crisis. But we are thrilled that it has also contributed to the attractiveness of Recolight as a compliance scheme – we have a record number of companies that are considering joining Recolight at the end of 2023. The changes we are now seeing have only been possible because of the eff ective partnership approach that has built up across the industry. Recolight is a proud member and contributor to the LIA, the ILP, and the SLL, and we are delighted to work collaboratively with our friends and partners in the press.
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 landfi ll.
Working with the lighting industry, Recolight off ers support and services to help its producer members transition to a circular economy. With a Re-Use Service, workshops, webinars, Circular Lighting report, and Circular Lighting Live, Recolight is the Compliance Scheme that gives much more.
www.recolight.co.uk
Recolight applauds the lighting industry’s adoption of a circular economy.
“For 2023, our new workshops will look at the practical guidance on how to validate sustainability of lighting products.”
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