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Help to recycle fluorescent tubes
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February 2008
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We2 – a free collection and lighting recycling advice service – is launched to help organisations avoid fines for not recycling
“Business owners across the UK could now find themselves fined or prosecuted if they continue to put old fluorescent lamps and tubes out for rubbish collection because many do not seem to know how the new WEEE directive introduced in 1 July last year affects them. I often find companies in danger of falling foul of this regulation,” says Costas Michael, founder and managing director of City & West which supplies a million light bulbs and tubes a year to UK businesses.
“Many owners and directors seem to be either unaware or not to understand that the WEEE compliance scheme expects business users to arrange (and pay) for the transportation of the waste to specialised recycle drop points around the country. Within these regulations the Environment Agency can impose fines and ultimately prosecute those who ignore or abuse the regulations.”
“It is to help organisations by making it easy for them to comply with regulations, that we have introduced We2, the first free lamp collection service in the UK, for our customers, starting in the London area at present but gradually rolling out the scheme nationwide.”
“We provide corrugated plastic recycle 'coffins' for customers and will collect these when they are full,” he adds.
Free advice on any lighting recycling issue is available from the company – please call 020 8885 6655 or visit the website.
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Author
Chris Rowlands
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