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This 17 page paper looks at three different types of light bulbs from an environmental perspective. The paper starts by looking at the way in which incandescent, CFL and LED bulbs produce light and relevant aspects regarding their use. The paper then looks at their environmental performance over their lifecycle of manufacture, use and disposal. The bibliography cites 18 sources.
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In recent years there has been an increasing awareness of environmental issues. One target of for environmental policies has been the simple light bulb. The light bulb is some of
the oldest technology in the home, with traditional incandescent lights based on developments during the nineteenth century. However, technology that was cutting edge in the past can become dated an
inefficient. The incandescent light bulb may have helped to light up the world and be seen as efficient in achieving the task of providing light, but the dated technology may
be inefficient in environmental terms. This inefficiency, along with the desire to tackle environmental issues has lead to a number of governments passing legislation phasing out the manufacture of incandescent
light bulbs. In 2005 the first two governments to implement legislation; Venezuela and Brazil, started phasing out the incandescent bulbs (Derbyshire, 20091). In 2009 the EU passed legislation2 to phase
out their use, in the same year similar moves were seen in both Switzerland and Australia (Smith, 2010, p2; Australian Government, 2011). Other countries are also following suit. The underlying
principle is that the ban on incandescent bulbs will force the use of more environmentally friendly bulbs (Babcock, 2009, p945), by eliminating the choice which is deemed to be the
most polluting and forcing the use of the alternatives; compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). However, the change has been plagued with some controversy regarding the overall, not
only regarding price and choice, but even questioning the environmental credentials of the alternate light bulb types, including criticism of the mercury found in CFLs and its eventual leakage (Ramroth,
2008, p12). Furthermore, while many countries may have undertaken legislation to move away from incandescent bulbs, many more have not. The aim of this paper is to look at
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