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consortium of six companies and institutions - Recolight, HSSMI, S2S Electronics, Envaqua, E.C. Williams, and the Institute of Material Finishing (IMF) - has been formed to research practical methods of recovering gallium when LED lamps are recycled. When waste LED lamps are recycled, there is no recovery of the gallium or gallium


nitride they contain. By advancing existing gallium recycling methods and applying them to end-of-life LED lamps, the project seeks to establish a circular supply chain for gallium in the UK. This will reduce the need for extracting raw gallium, and increase the UK’s supply chain resilience and dependency on new resources. The project should also introduce innovative solvent technologies into recycling and develop improved recovery processes with higher performance, safety, and environmental sustainability standards. Welcoming the news, Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey said “Currently, LED lamps only account for around 2% of the total tonnage of waste lamps collected in the UK. But this will rise significantly over the coming decade. That means timing of the ReGAIL is just right, giving us the opportunity to develop new methods to recover waste gallium before waste LEDs start to arise in large quantities.”


for light sources. LightingEurope actively contributed to this revision process and is now evaluating the results with our members’ expert group. The official publication of the updated regulations is expected in late spring 2021 with most requirements becoming applicable as of 1 September 2021. The adopted amendments mainly relate to


New lighting design requirements for EU states L


ate last year, national authorities voted on changes to various requirements in the ecodesign and energy labelling regulations


technical criteria for light sources, the phase-out or exemptions of some products and the definition of ‘containing products’. In more detail, they


affect the stroboscopic effect requirements (SVM) for LED mains lamps, stage lighting lamps, infrared heating lamps and rules applicable to luminaires. Further details, also related to labelling, should become known to LightingEurope and our members over the next days. The ecodesign and energy labelling regulations


were published in December 2019 and new requirements have become applicable at different points in time. The discontinuation of the energy label for luminaires already applies since


December 2019. Most of the ecodesign and the energy labelling rules start to apply on 1 September 2021.


Announcement That’s Vantastic! AWEBB announces winners


The Association of Wholesale Electrical Bulk Buyers (AWEBB) concluded its 2020 Vantastic competition at the end of November, aſter 19 weekly winners of £100 to spend in branch and over 21,000 entries… phew!


submitted 2,483 separate entries, so AWEBB and all its supporting supplier partners would like to thank Crossfold and congratulate them and their winning customer. “We also would like to say a huge thank you to all of our sponsors this


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year and to every customer who has supported AWEBB members – we couldn’t do what we do, without you,” stated AWEBB. AWEBB is a leading independent electrical purchasing body, with over 200 branches across the UK and Ireland, providing unrivalled commercial performance and excellent networking, training and innovation opportunities for its membership. Many original members have been part of the group for over 40 years.


Visit AWEBB’s branch locator at www.myelectracentre.co.uk, and watch the new animation on YouTube https://youtu.be/RrO4hT0Q3ocat for an insight into what AWEBB, ECD and ElectraCentre can do for you.


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WEBB is extremely happy to announce that this year’s winner of a fully sign-written Citroen Berlingo van is a customer of Crossfold Electrical Wholesalers. Crossfold


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