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Monday, August 22, 2011


Lights go out on 60W light bulbs in the UK
On September 1 2011, 60 watt domestic incandescent light bulbs will begin to be phased out in UK shops.

Today, BBC Radio 4's "You & Yours" consumer affairs programme discussed the effects of this phase out with Mike Simpson of Philips and Dr Matt Prescott of Ban The Bulb.

Please click here and listen from 14 minutes into the programme to hear the discussion.

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Thursday, September 17, 2009


Dr Matt Prescott discusses EU light bulb ban
BBC Radio 4 : Today Programme : Lights go out on 100 watt bulbs

After 120 years, 100 watt bulbs are being phased out in favour of energy-saving ones. Matt Prescott, director of campaign group Ban the Bulb, examines new rules which means all traditional bulbs will be disappear by 2012.


BBC World Service : Newshour (Europe) : Old Style light bulbs banned in EU


The traditional incandescent light bulb, first put on the market by Thomas Edison in 1879, could be on its way out.

From today, the manufacture and import of 100 watt bulbs and all frosted bulbs will be banned in the European Union.

The new rules mean that consumers will be able to buy only the more efficient long life fluorescent or halogen lamps.

However, there has been something of a backlash against the ban.

In Britain, supermarkets reported a massive run on the traditional type, while one newspaper gave away 25,000 incandescent light bulbs in "outrage at further European intervention in British affairs".

The European Commission claims the ban on inefficient bulbs will save about 40 terawatt hours of energy a year, enough to power a small country.

Matt Prescott is the founder of the Ban the Bulb campaign.

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