Aiming to replace a blown ‘hint of peach’ 60 watt bulb whose soft glow flatters even the most raddled complexion, I was - like the old bulbs now banned under EU law - incandescent to discover that those ugly ‘eco-friendly’ coiled compact fluorescent lights that will somehow save the planet are being forced on the British consumer. Fluorescent light only works if you think recently exhumed corpse is a good look and the shop-keeper’s alternative suggestion - the same bulbs in primary colours, as seen on outdoor Christmas trees - ain’t exactly sexy either. As they contain mercury and carry the do not dispose of in bin symbol, government body Defra advises taking used or broken CFLs to a ‘local authority civic amenity site.’ Brilliant! What bright spark in Brussels imagines the extra energy used by an old screw-in will outweigh the carbon emissions created when chauffeuring its dud replacement to my ‘local’ dump three miles away?
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