Hongkong Environmental Protection Bureau ban white 64 manufacturers involved in the chapter plan

Huang Jinxing, director of the Hongkong Environment Bureau, said the government was to reduce the supply of incandescent lamps and promote more energy-efficient lighting in order to speed up the elimination of incandescent lamps, improve energy efficiency.

KS Wong 27 days to reply in writing to members of the Legislative Council question Liang Jichang, pointed out that the lighting power consumption over the past ten years the average Hong Kong accounted for about 15% of total electricity consumption, while the general incandescent lamp energy efficiency is low, can use energy-saving lamps and LED light bulb replacement.

Currently 36 suppliers and the participation of the 28 retailers about Chapter plan, commitment to completely stop and stop the supply of incandescent lamps. The electrical and Mechanical Services Department will conduct regular on-site inspections to monitor and ensure the effective implementation of the moratorium.

Huang said that the energy-saving lamps contain traces of mercury, such as damage to the light will be a small amount of mercury emissions, but under normal circumstances, transport and disposal of energy-saving lamps, will not affect the health of the public and waste disposal personnel.

Under the law, any person who, in the event of a large discharge of these lighting products, must be properly packaged and identified and collected by a licensed chemical waste collector for disposal at the Tsing Yi chemical waste treatment centre.

Environmental protection department to support the industry to set up a recycling plan, free of charge to collect the user's home to hand over the abandoned energy-saving lamps, and then transported to the processing center.

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