The european Union's mandatory phase-out of 10W and frosted incandescent lightbulbs, designed to cut wasted energy and help reduce electricity bills, was introduced on 1 September.rnEnvironment Minister, Dan Norris, said: "We can no longer rely on light bulbs that waste 95 percent of their energy as heat. We are glad the EU has put this measure in place to stop the waste of energy and money from old fashioned high energy bulbs. The UK has had a successful voluntary initiative in place for a few years and now the rest of the EU will follow suit on a mandatory basis.rn"This is great news for people who will pay less in electricity and even better news for the planet, as this will amount to 1 m tonnes of saved CO_2 per year by 2020."
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