Canada Delays Energy Efficiency Standards For Bulbs, Cites Mercury Recycling Concerns

摘要

Natural Resources Canada is delaying implementation of energy efficiency standards for general service light bulbs for two years to provide more time for the development of new technologies and regulations on recycling of mercury in compact fluorescent bulbs. The delay will be implemented even though most comments on the draft amendments to the Energy Efficiency Regulations published in April opposed the proposal, the department said in a statement published with the finalized amendments in the Nov. 9 issue of the Canada Gazette, Part II (34 INER 436, 4/27/11).