Recolight and CoBRA partner to increase light bulb recycling

Recolight has announced a partnership with recycling scheme CoBRA (Community Bulb Recycling Alliance) to increase public access to collection facilities for low-energy light-bulbs.

Through its partnership with Recolight, the specialist WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, CoBRA’s scheme will be adapted to provide community collection of low-energy light-bulbs, using Recolight’s innovative new in-door light-bulb collection container.  

CoBRA was initially established by Mark David Hatwood in 2007 to provide community recycling for waste batteries. The scheme recruites volunteers to place collection containers in community locations, then collect the waste and take it to a central collection facility.

Announcing the partnership, Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey said: “This is an important and exciting partnership which will open up vital new channels for the public to recycle their old low-energy light-bulbs. Through CoBRA, volunteers will be able to place our specially designed collection containers in community locations making it easier to recycle their old light-bulbs as part of their everyday routine.”

The scheme is expected to go live in September. Hatwood explains: “Volunteers will be able to register online to comply with health and safety regulations regarding the transportation of waste.  They will then be sent a collection container and a transportation box.  We hope that once the scheme gets underway it can prove to be as successful as the battery scheme which collected over 35 tonnes of batteries in just two years.”

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