In 2002 Recyclite were awarded the contract to reprocess all of the lamps collected by Weblight, the three year contract ended this year. But East Anglia-based Recyclite has signed a contract to continue reprocessing the collected tubes for a further three years.
” Weblight has developed a strong working relationship with Recyclite, who provide us with am efficient and economical solution for lamp recycling “
– Adrian Cooke, Weblight
Weblight specialises in replacing waste lamps for major high street companies and supermarkets. Among Weblight's clients, which provide over 1 million units per year, are BHS, Marks and Spencer and Tesco.
Adrian Cooke, operation's director at Weblight, said: “Weblight has developed a strong working relationship with Recyclite, who provide us with am efficient and economical solution for lamp recycling.
“The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive will hit businesses hard and we are working together to ensure the burden of responsibility is completely removed from our clients,” he added.
And in order to deal with this and other contracts the company has, it is set to build a new lamp and waste electrical and electronic waste reprocessing plant in Attleborough in Norfolk.
Completion
The facility – which will combine a factory, warehouse and office facility – will become the company's new head office once it is completed in February 2006.
The plant will have the capacity to reprocess around 40 million lamps a year and cost in excess of 500,000. The company has said that a provision has been taken to include cathode ray tube and other WEEE recycling later on down the line. The company's current sites are to be retained for storage.
Julia Ingelson, managing director at Recyclite, said: “The new facility is being built to designs and specification based on our considerable experience in fluorescent and other gas discharge lamp recycling, making it one of the most advanced in Europe.”
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