Environmental Policy

Lighting Design and Solutions are aware of our responsibility to manage our business to minimise the impact it has on the environment. We operate in an environmentally sensitive way and operate within the Rexel Charter for Sustainable Development.

We are committed to the implementation of the WEEE directive, which gives consideration to the complete life-cycle of the lamps and fittings that we supply.

The purpose of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) legislation is to reuse, recycle and recover. With this in mind the lamp industry manufacturers provide free recycling for lamps at the end of life by charging a (WEEE) levy at the time of purchase, for all gas discharge lamps that contain mercury.

This levy is a consistent non-profit amount throughout the supply chain, hence it is shown as a separate line on an invoice which is issued by our distribution channel (rates vary dependant on lamp type). Many incandescent lamps carry zero (WEEE) levy as they do not contain mercury.

Fact: Just one fluorescent tube contains enough mercury to contaminate up to 30,000 litres of water.