What to do with your light bulbs
When you next replace a light bulb, make sure that the new one is an energy efficient bulb. It will only use 25% of the energy an ordinary bulb would use and it will last up to 8 times longer. Saving you money.
If is estimated that if every household in the UK used one energy efficient light bulb, we could close down a power station.
The RABBITT Recycling Scheme
Three of the country's market leaders in recycling have joined forces to provide a one stop service for the recycling of electrical/electronic office waste, The RABBITT Recycling Scheme.
Worktwice Marketing Ltd, G & P Batteries Ltd and Mercury Recycling Ltd have put a scheme together for a single point collection and recycling of Toner and Inkjet cartridges, all types of batteries, fluorescent tubes, light bulbs, mobile phones and obsolete computer hardware.
RABBITT = Recycle All Batteries Bulbs Inkjet Toners & Telephones.
Read their press release... click here.
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"Believe it or not, British traffic lights consume the energy equivalent of two medium-sized power stations every year. Furthermore, their bulbs are replaced every six months by teams of electricians working in the small hours when cars are less numerous. New light bulb technology based on gallium nitride will soon transform this situation, and lead the way for longer lasting, lower wattage domestic bulbs as well. The gallium nitride bulbs last for at least ten years and only consume 20% of the electricity consumed by conventional tungsten-halogen traffic lights."
Source - Steve Connor. Independent 17.9.99 p8
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