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Recolight takes to airwaves to push recycling message

Recolight chief executive Nigel Harvey will take to the airwaves for the day on 1 September to mark the phase out of 60W incandescent lamps and encourage consumers to recycle their old CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps). Recolight is marking the latest stage

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Homebase signs up to offer low-energy light bulb recycling

Homebase, one of the UK’s home improvement retailers, has signed an agreement with specialist recycling scheme Recolight to provide in-store collection facilities for low-energy light bulb recycling. Over the next six weeks, Recolight’s Bulbstore Mini collection containers will be rolled out across

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Recolight celebrates recycling 100 million lamps

Recolight, a specialist WEEE compliance scheme for gas discharge lamps, has announced it has funded the recycling of 100 million lamps since it commenced operations in July 2007. This figure represents more than a third of a tonne of mercury which would

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Recolight triumphs at the Rushlight Awards

Recolight, the UK’s WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, has triumphed at the Rushlight Awards winning the Waste Management Award for its low-energy light bulb collection solutions the Bulbstore Mini and Bulbstore Maxi. The Rushlight Awards are a celebration of furthering

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Recolight and CoBRA partner to increase light-bulb recycling

Recolight, the specialist WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, has announced a partnership with award winning recycling scheme, CoBRA (Community Bulb Recycling Alliance) to increase consumer access to collection facilities for low-energy light-bulbs. Founded by Mark David Hatwood in 2007, CoBRA

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Record year for lamp compliance scheme

Recolight, a not-for-profit WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, has announced a record year in 2009, funding the collection and recycling of over 25 million gas discharge lamps (GDLs). Since 2008, Recolight has recycled 50 million lamps which equates to roughly

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It can pay to recycle

Bruce RID Recycling is helping major Engineering Solutions Contractors and Manufacturers  throughout the UK, to endure the downturn in the economic climate, by not just cost effectively disposing of their industrial electrical equipment, but also by offering them a credit as well.

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