In this issue:

Nominate a collection point
If you know of a business that would benefit from joining... [VIEW MORE]

Recolight and Sainsbury's partnership launches nationally
The partnership between Recolight and Sainsbury's which provides the.... [VIEW MORE]

Batteries
A reminder that from the 1st February, organisations selling more than 32kg.... [VIEW MORE]

Meet the team
In this new section of our newsletter, each month we will introduce you .... [VIEW MORE]

Collection point logo
Don't forget to download the new Recolight Collection Point Logo from... [VIEW MORE]

Ask the expert
Each month, we will be putting your questions to our resident expert.... [VIEW MORE]

Events
There will be a number of events across the UK where you can.... [VIEW MORE]

Collection point of the month
Lighting Services was established in Bristol in 1985 and is .... [VIEW MORE]

If you know of a business that would benefit from joining Recolight's free collection network or a customer who needs a free one-off lamp collection, why not let us know? As we look to expand our network we welcome nominations from existing network members. Any nominations that result in new collection points or one-off lamp collections will be entered into our prize draw to win a bottle of bubbly. And remember, as a Recolight collection point we want to celebrate your recycling achievements. Why not get in touch and we can feature you in our newsletter and on our website.

The partnership between Recolight and Sainsbury's which provides the public with much-needed facilities to recycle end of life energy-saving light bulbs and batteries is being rolled out nationwide this month. The scheme began in five stores last October and will be running in 200 stores in total by the end of January.  

As part of our ongoing commitment to raising recycling rates, we hope that these recycling points will encourage consumers to recycle their end-of-life lamps in a specially designed container which will be visible to millions of customers every week. Research we conducted indicated that consumers will recycle energy-saving light bulbs if they have access to suitable drop off points and Sainsbury's provides an excellent location for these joint collections.

Batteries
A reminder that from the 1st February, organisations selling more than 32kg of portable batteries annually must offer a battery take-back facility to manage the recycling of both waste streams.

Our partnership with ERP (European Recycling Platform) will provide our collection points with a unique service for the recycling of both batteries and lamps. ERP is one of the UK's leading electrical and electronic waste recycling schemes and deals with 15% of the UK's WEEE. The partnership means we can combine the two waste streams, using the same transport infrastructure for both products, and helping to reduce CO2 emissions. 

Meet the team
In this new section of our newsletter, each month we will introduce you to a member of the Recolight team.

Abdul Alim - Database Administrator
Abdul Alim is the Operations Team's Database Administrator, and since joining Recolight in January 2009, has been responsible for maintaining the RecoWeb system, as well as working with the Collection Point network to help with enquiries relating to disposing & recycling of lamps.

Previous to working with Recolight, Abdul worked in the travel industry for a hotel representation company and has worked with IT systems for the past four years.

He says: "It's very fulfilling to know that I am helping our collection points to offer a great service to their local community - providing advice and information on environmental & management issues means I can help them to find the right solution for lamp recycling.”

Currently, I'm working on enhancing various elements of the RecoWeb portal to make things as easy as possible for the collection points to self-bill and report returns.

Collection point logo
Don't forget to download the new Recolight Collection Point Logo from www.recolight.co.uk/go/services/cplogo. We want you to celebrate the success of your collection point and have developed the logo for you to use to highlight your WEEE compliance credentials. The logo will also demonstrate to new and current customers that you are part of the UK's largest and most successful WEEE recycling network.

Every collection point will also shortly receive a Collection Point Certificate to display in your premises. If you need any information on how to use the logo, or need another copy of the brand guidelines, please let us know on 0845 601 7749 or info@recolight.co.uk

Ask the expert
Each month, we will be putting your questions to our resident expert - if you have a question for our expert, please email it to info@recolight.co.uk

This month's question is: How do I get my full container of lamps collected?

The following step by step process should be followed every time a collection point needs to arrange for a collection:

• Log onto the Recolight website ( www.recolight.co.uk) and click on the Recoweb portal in the top right hand corner of the main webpage  
• Enter your username and password
• Click on the tab ‘request for collection'
• Select which container you need collected and enter how full it is as a percentage
• If you have any important information which the Supplier should know in regards to the collection e.g. there will be no one on site on a Tuesday or location of the container on site please place this in the additional information section on screen- if there is no additional information required please do not enter anything into this section
• Press submit
• This will give you a personalised batch ID number for the collection (reference number)
• If you have more than one container for collection the process must be repeated from step c - there must be a separate batch ID number for each container requiring a collection

Events
There will be a number of events across the UK where you can find Recolight exhibiting in 2010, so make sure you keep a look out for the stand and please come along and say hello! Our stand will be popping up at the Electrex Show in June, Futuresource and RWM amongst others next year.

Collection point of the month
Special Lighting Services

Lighting Services was established in Bristol in 1985 and is committed to understanding and supplying the very latest technology to minimize the both the company's and customer's environmental impact. The company promotes innovative technologies and offers an assortment of standard and specialist lighting products.

The company has made a commitment to educate customers on energy benefits and legal requirements and as such chose to become a collection point in the Recolight network. The company monitors the market closely in order to provide its customers with the most technologically advanced products in order to help them achieve better efficiency. These products include LED and industrial dimming technology amongst others.

Paul Hargest, Marketing & Business Development Manager, at Lighting Services said "Being a collection point has enabled us to add a vital and free service to our customers and has helped broaden our reputation in the area as a Lighting Supplier that takes the recycling of lighting products very seriously.

For us, it's of utmost importance that we are seen to be taking the issue of recycling seriously. Effectively demonstrating our green credentials has helped our reputation and has also given us more to promote - we have a dedicated environmental section of our website and we have worked closely with companies like the National Trust in order to help make their lighting more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

Recolight's free service is of obvious importance, especially in times of economical struggle.  Also, the speed at which Recolight operate means we are never buckling with huge quantities of used products to recycle at any one time".