New Zealand Lighting Industry Product Stewardship Scheme:
Phase 1
Assessment and Review
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| Volume (2006) | Potential hazardous material harm | Public concern | Market dynamic | Current Main uses |
Point of Obligation (free riders) |
Takeback points | Product stewardship implications | |
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| Mercury-containing | ||||||||
| LFLs | 3.5 million sold 360 tonnes waste arising |
High potential | Med | Mature Gradual shift from T8 to T5 lamps |
Commercial Industrial |
4 importers /brand owners have 87% market share |
Wholesalers Contractors Key account holders Council recycling |
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| CFLs | 4 million CFL-i 144 tonnes waste arising 0.7million CFL-e 34 tonnes waste arising |
High potential | High | Strong growth Household uptake of CFLi to CFLe Influenced by govt intervention – EC/MEPS |
Household (CFLi) Commercial (CFLe) |
CFL-i: 3 importers/ brand owners have 88% market share CFL-e: 5 importers/ brand owners have 95% market share |
Retail Council recycling |
Householders involved therefore many users Easy disposal Temporary market entrants Historical waste if CFLs replaced New market entrants create freerider issue |
| HIDs | 0.4 million sold 94 tonnes waste arising |
High potential | Med | Historically mature Changes taking place in 1) high-bay fluorescent systems 2) updated streetlighting mercury vapour to new metal halide 3) shopfit compact low wattage metal halide displace halogen Influenced by govt intervention – EC/MEPS |
Industrial Commercial Public Increasingly shop fit |
4 importers/ brand owners have 66% market share | Wholesalers Contractors Key account holders |
New market entrants create freerider issue Halogen to MH in commercial market Extent of freeriders |
| Non mercury-containing | ||||||||
| Incandescent - GLS | 17.7 million sold 705 tonnes waste arising |
Low potential | Low | Historically mature Likely complete displacement of GLS due to MEPS |
Household | Retail Council recycling B2B |
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| Incandescent - Halogen | 3.5million sold 8 tonnes waste arising |
Low potential | Low | Historically mature Likely displacement of halogens due to low wattage MH |
Commercial Shop fit Household |
Retail Council recycling B2B |
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| Luminaires | 1 million approx sold | Low potential | Low | Commercial Industrial |
4 companies represent 90-95% of commercial luminaire market 2 companies represent majority of domestic luminaire market |
Demolition | ||
| Control gear | 1 million approx sold | Low potential | Low | Shift from electromagnetic to electronic (current sales 20% electronic). Expected to increase to 50% in 5 years | Commercial Industrial |
4 companies have majority of market Supply to luminaire manufacturers |
Contractors Demolition |
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