Bright Ideas for a Circular Future: Recolight Joins CAFA

London, UK - October 28, 2025 - Climate Action for Associations (CAFA) is delighted to welcome Recolight, the UK’s leading WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry.

Recolight represents lighting producers committed to funding and facilitating the responsible recycling of lamps, luminaires, and other lighting products. Established as a not-for-profit organisation, the scheme helps its members meet environmental obligations while supporting a transition to a circular lighting economy. Since its founding, Recolight has managed the collection and recycling of more lighting equipment than any other UK scheme, and now works with hundreds of manufacturers, importers, and distributors across the sector.

Beyond compliance, Recolight’s mission is to help the lighting industry move beyond recycling by embracing reuse, remanufacture, and circular design principles. The organisation runs regular conferences and webinars on topics such as decarbonisation, net zero, and sustainable product design, bringing together thought leaders and technical experts to inspire practical change. Recent events have featured speakers from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and showcased companies setting meaningful climate targets within the lighting supply chain.

Why this partnership matters

Decarbonisation and resource efficiency remain major challenges for the lighting and wider electrical sectors, particularly in transport, supply chains, and embodied emissions. Recolight leads by example, measuring and publishing its Scope 3 emissions, discouraging unnecessary air travel, and integrating decarbonisation in its its strategy as well as day-to-day operations. The team’s commitment to sustainability runs deep, and has become part of Recolight's value to members.

Through initiatives such as the Circular Lighting Report, a news and insight platform run by a professional journalist, Recolight keeps the industry informed on developments in circularity, materials innovation, and regulation. Its events and communications consistently encourage members to move from compliance to climate leadership.

Collaborating for climate action

By joining CAFA, Recolight gains the opportunity to connect its engaged member network with a broader cross-sector community tackling similar sustainability challenges. The partnership will help Recolight share lighting industry insights, access practical tools to accelerate decarbonisation, and learn from other associations facing complex transitions.

For Recolight’s Chief Executive, who has led the organisation for over a decade and brings a strong background in climate activism, the collaboration with CAFA represents another step in aligning industry action with global climate goals. As chair of cross-sector sustainability groups, they continue to help companies benchmark performance and adopt meaningful carbon reduction strategies. Together, CAFA and Recolight will strengthen the lighting sector’s voice in climate action and help more producers embed circular, low-carbon principles at the heart of their businesses.

“Recolight are delighted to join the CAFA Collective. Tackling climate change is the defining issue of our era, and associations can have a material impact on encouraging their members to take action. We hope that by getting involved with CAFA we will be able to accelerate action on the circular economy and decarbonisation in the lighting industry. And we would also be delighted to share with other CAFA members the steps we have taken at Recolight.”Nigel Harvey, CEO at Recolight

About CAFA

Climate Action for Associations (CAFA) is the only dedicated network and resource hub focused on sustainability and net zero for the membership sector. CAFA equips professional bodies and trade associations with the guidance, tools, and peer-to-peer connections they need to take meaningful climate action and support their members in doing the same.

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