Lack of eco-friendly alternatives

At the moment, there is no practical alternative on the market that could fulfil the requirements for both energy consumption and no mercury. The lighting industry has however invested considerable resources in recent years in developing alternatives based on light emitting diodes (LED).

The mercury in present-day low-energy lamps represents a considerable environmental threat, but growth in this segment is still expected to be strong in terms of number of units up until 2016, largely due to a lack of alternatives, before levelling off. The global market for low-energy lamps is expected to almost double from 2010 to 2016, from 2.7 billion to 5.3 billion units. Since each low-energy lamp can contain up to 5 mg of mercury, this means that large quantities of mercury will enter circulation every year.

LightLab's products represent an important alternative, since they are environmentally better than low-energy lamps and also attractively priced for the customer. There is reason to believe that, when the authorities consider that eco-friendly alternatives exist that the consumer is ready to pay for, bans and tariffs on other forms of lighting may be introduced.