Ban On Selling Incandescent Bulbs To Be Effected in June
Government has announced that the ban on selling incandescent or ordinary bulbs will come into effect on 30th June, 2016.
Energy and Water Development Permanent Secretary Brigadier General Emelda Chola in a statement issued to QFM News says this follows the ban on local manufacturing and importation of incandescent bulbs and other energy inefficient lighting devices which came in effect on 1st January, 2016.
She says the ban on selling ordinary bulbs will be followed by a complete phase out of incandescent bulbs by 31st December, 2016.
General Chola explains that while ordinary bulbs convert only 5% of electrical energy into visible light, with the remaining 95% being wasted as heat energy, energy saving bulbs on the other hand save 80% of energy.
She says this has been demonstrated by the exercise embarked on by ZESCO Limited to distribute energy saving bulbs which has realized energy savings of about 94 Mega Watts, following the distribution of 1.6 million bulbs in various parts of the country at a cost of $4 million.
General Chola states that in order to successfully implement this program, Government will through ZESCO limited facilitate procurement and distribution of an additional 5 million energy saving bulbs which is expected to realize additional energy savings of about 200 Mega Watts.
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kayula
January 28, 2016 at 6:19 am
Ba Emelda chola the best you can do is to answer the question of why pipo are finding it difikot to let go off ordinary bulbs. Mayo ayo ama bulb yenu yalapya bwangu elyo yalikosa umutengo. K25 na K2
MUSUNSUMPUTI
January 28, 2016 at 6:53 am
Just impose without consulting stake holders and Zambian pipo at large…These CFL contain a % of mercury which when mishandles can have bad effects on health. So how is govt gonna sensitize pipo on how to safely dispose of these CFL once they are finished??
Big Nose
January 28, 2016 at 7:48 am
ifitu mu Zambia fyakonsa pf government are killing people people have no money they are just struggling to find food.ba pf you have stolen enough and you think every one is of your standard .k30 Per bulb thats the cost against k2
George
January 28, 2016 at 7:49 am
change is difficult to manage, people will always oppose and prefer comfort zones. let the ban be effected. pa zed we are notorious for indiscriminate waste disposal. maybe we will change our attitude to waste disposal when we are aware of the presence of CFL’s in used bulbs, the % must be of a certain level i.e. with the minimum risk.
lesleysue
January 28, 2016 at 10:05 am
@GEORGE u r rite and @MUSUNSUMPUTIR those are factors these guy in Government fail to look at they want to be called or told that they have brought change but the change they bringing might even harm us, i have seen in most of the houses when DISPOSING these USED bulbs they just DUMP them in the TRASH can, and when kids find them ,they want experiment and see whats inside, i did that and its still happening even with the kids of today.
let the government responsible for the same educate the public on the use and disposing of these new bulbs for the safety of the nation before the ban is effective.