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Product Stewardship
Lighting Council New Zealand is presently engaged along with other electrical industry groups and The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) in preparing proposals for life cycle management of lighting equipment. Our engagement has been focusing on the impending removal of low efficiency lamps (mainly household lamps from 25W/150W) from the market in October 2009 and their replacement with compact fluorescent (CFLi) lamps. This move is entirely in step with Australia, and many other developed countries are following a similar path in the near future. Other types of lamps will be affected in the next few years as the baseline efficacy level is ramped up to progressively eliminate the less efficient lamps.
Life cycle costing means exactly that, the process starts with the design of the product to ensure as many of the materials as possible used in its construction can be easily recycled, and that any hazardous substances used can also be easily contained during the recycling process. The process also allows for the cost of disposal or recycling, ensuring this falls either on the vendor or the user.
The European RoHS Legislation and WEEE Directives on these matters strongly indicate the path along which NZ and other countries are starting to move.
For further information please contact us at:-
info@lightingcouncil.org.nz
Or to learn more about lamp recycling visit:-
Priority Hazardous Wastes
Product Stewardship
Hints On Recycling
Recycle Your Lamps
Lighting Council New Zealand is presently engaged along with other electrical industry groups and The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) in preparing proposals for life cycle management of lighting equipment. Our engagement has been focusing on the impending removal of low efficiency lamps (mainly household lamps from 25W/150W) from the market in October 2009 and their replacement with compact fluorescent (CFLi) lamps. This move is entirely in step with Australia, and many other developed countries are following a similar path in the near future. Other types of lamps will be affected in the next few years as the baseline efficacy level is ramped up to progressively eliminate the less efficient lamps.
Life cycle costing means exactly that, the process starts with the design of the product to ensure as many of the materials as possible used in its construction can be easily recycled, and that any hazardous substances used can also be easily contained during the recycling process. The process also allows for the cost of disposal or recycling, ensuring this falls either on the vendor or the user.
The European RoHS Legislation and WEEE Directives on these matters strongly indicate the path along which NZ and other countries are starting to move.
For further information please contact us at:-
info@lightingcouncil.org.nz
Or to learn more about lamp recycling visit:-
Priority Hazardous Wastes
Product Stewardship
Hints On Recycling
Recycle Your Lamps
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