New research suggests the majority of electrical contractors are complying with Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations.

Of the contractors surveyed by Recolight, 64 per cent said that the correct recycling and disposing of WEEE lamps was “totally embedded” within their company’s practice. The remaining 26 per cent claim to place “a great deal” of importance on recycling WEEE lamps.

However, there was a disparity between the responses of medium sized businesses and large businesses. While three quarters of the surveyed large contractors claimed recycling was entrenched in their company’s culture, medium sized companies admitted they could do more.

Chief executive of Recolight, Nigel Harvey said: “nine out of ten contractors said they place a great deal of importance on recycling lamps or that it is totally embedded within their business culture. This demonstrates the industry is taking its environmental responsibilities very seriously. When we conducted a similar survey last year the results showed considerable regional variation in awareness levels of the WEEE regulations but this new survey would indicate awareness is now very high and businesses are predominantly doing the right thing when it comes to recycling waste lamps.”

Harvey adds: “The challenge now is to help those businesses who feel they could be doing more and to ensure the same level of commitment to recycling WEEE is achieved amongst the general public.”