With the aim of improving energy efficiency and regulating the sector, CARICOM is in the process of developing a programme to phase out the use of incandescent bulbs, beginning as early as January 2019.
The programme, according to a release yesterday from CARICOM, “will include a roadmap to reduce the import and sale of incandescent light bulbs within the Region, and will guide and support countries in the establishment of regulations and actions for the phasing out exercise”.
The bulbs are to be gradually phased out, starting first with 100 watt incandescent bulbs, followed by further restrictions on smaller lamp sizes, which are to be phased out in incremental stages, over a number of years.
