Time course of average air concentrations of Hg (ng/m³) in a standard room after breakage

Time course of average air concentrations of Hg (ng/m³) in a standard room after breakage of different types (different bar colours) of CFLs (data extracted from: Maine compact fluorescent lamp study, 2008).

Source: SCHER  Opinion on Mercury in Certain Energy-saving Light Bulbs (2010), 3. Opinion, p. 9

Mercury in Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Inefficient bulbs will be banned from the market gradually

Energy Saving vs. Energy Consumption

Time course of average air concentrations of Hg (ng/m3) in a standard room after breakage

Table 1: Comparison of unit sales per base case in the EU 27 area (VITO et al., 2008)

Table 2: Hg emissions and sales per lamp type in the EU 27 area (data taken from VITO, 2009).

Table 3: Effect different recycling efficiency and Hg content of the CFL on the total environmental release of Hg.