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Originally Posted by BookCat
I can only assume that there are no such regulations in the UK, otherwise they would not be so easily available here. They are openly displayed in shops like Currys and Computer World. Which is unlike the old-style light bulbs which can now only be purchased on line (I hate the eco bulbs, they're impossible to get rid of and dangerous.)
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Only because they are readily availlable does not mean they are not also heavily regulated. Cars in the UK are readily availlable for sale and displayed everywhere. Yes? And yet they are very heavily regulated to be street legal, much more so than in the US, for example. (With the one possible exception of California where touching anything puts you in grave danger of getting cancer).
Which kind of eco bulbs are you talking about? The old style CFL are not easily disposed of, but that was yesterday. Current eco bulbs (the led kind) are not dangerous and most can even be recycled.