Hong Kong will be fully stop sale incandescent

Hong Kong Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing said the government by reducing the supply of incandescent and promotion of more energy-efficient lighting, in order to speed up the phase-out of incandescent, improve energy efficiency. Wong Kam-star 27th to the Legislative Council a written reply to a question by Mr Kenneth Leung, noting that over the past decade the average electricity consumption for lighting accounts for about 15% of Hong Kong's total electricity consumption, and the general incandescent energy efficiency is low, may be replaced with energy-saving lamps and LED bulbs.

Currently 36 suppliers and 28 retailers involved in charter program, fully committed to stop the sale and supplementary incandescent lamps. EMSD regular on-site inspections to monitor and ensure effective implementation of business sale arrangements. Wong Kam-sing, said the energy-saving lamps contain trace amounts of mercury, such as mercury lamp gasification release a small amount of damage, but under normal circumstances, transportation and disposal of energy-saving lamps, does not affect the health of the public and waste disposal personnel.

The law provides that any person who disposed of a large number of these lighting products, must be properly packaged and labeled by a licensed chemical waste collectors collect and transported to the disposal of the Tsing Yi Chemical Waste Treatment Centre. EPA supports the industry to establish recycling programs, free home users to collect waste to produce energy-saving lamps, and then transported to the processing center.