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The traditional incandescent light bulb will soon be no more in the land of the wrong white crowd. As part of a strategy for more energy efficient lighting announced today by New Zealand’s Energy Minister David Parker and Government Spokesperson on Energy Efficiency and Conservation Jeanette Fitzsimons the old inefficient bulbs will be phased out.

“The traditional light bulb is very old technology - and very inefficient. Only five percent of the energy it uses generates light – the rest is wasted as heat,” David Parker said.
“It is intended that from late next year, these inefficient incandescent bulbs will be phased out because they waste so much energy. There’s a whole new generation of lighting coming through that is more cost-effective, saves energy and is better for the environment.”

That’s great news but let’s hope they’ve got plans in place to properly deal with the mercury waste that comes with the CFL bulbs.