After more than 10 years of operation, the Re:Lit reuse and recycling project is officially closing.
Michael Grubb, founder of the scheme, wrote on LinkedIn how the project, which “began in 2014 as a conversation in a pub”, had grown to become a multi-award winning initiative taking disused and unwanted lighting equipment and put it to meaningful use for charities and community projects.
Over the years, the project has collaborated with more than 40 manufacturers.
“Today, we have far greater awareness, emerging circular economy standards, established recycling organisations, and multiple reuse initiatives,” Grubb wrote.
Ray Molony, editor of the Circular Lighting Report, added: “It’s not easy to imagine now, but at the time that the Re:Lit Project was launched, it was almost unheard of for luminaires to be reused in a commercial building. Re:Lit was a really bold idea and paved the way for the initiatives that came after it.
“I congratulate everyone who worked on it over the years and the pioneering work it did in changing mindsets. We’ve taken it as far as we can,” he added.
