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WEEE is not a misspelling of the Scottish term for “little”. It refers to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, a law dating from 1 July 2007. The WEEE Directive affects makers, importers and sellers of electrical and electronic goods. It obliges these companies to help customers recycle e-waste. What is E-Waste? E-waste is a convenient term for 10 types of WEEE products. Among these are fridges, computers, drills, smoke alarms, coffee machines and light …

Famous British retailer Marks & Spencer plan to install LED lights in all of their food halls within the next 2 years. After a trial of LED lighting in some of their stores they found that energy consumption was reduced by 20%. What's the Next Steps? Balfour Beatty Engineering Services were hired to install Philips LED light bulbs in over 170 of Marks & Spencers stores. Project Manager at Balfour Beatty, Steven Palmer, said: "The new LED lighting is expected to make …

Sitting in long traffic queues can waste hours of our lifetime and the back of a car isn’t the most inspiring of views. However this could be set to change! Car manufacturers Audi have created a concept car, which uses OLED light bulbs instead of regular tail lights. The OLED light bulbs create a light swarm effect moving across the back of the car, reacting to the motion of the vehicle. The OLED light bulbs react to the movement of the car, so if for example, the wheel turns left, the lig …