“Aside from conserving energy, the switch to LED lights will contribute to reducing mercury pollution that is associated with the mining and use of mercury in the production of fluorescents, and the discharge of hazardous mercury vapors when such lights are broken, improperly recycled or disposed of,” she added.
It added that the “accelerated transition to LED lights will avoid 754 TWh of energy consumption and result in $105.6 billion energy bill savings from 2025 to 2050,” adding that the move will prevent “34.8 metric tonnes of mercury pollution and 263 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions,” based on a Clean Lighting Coalition data.
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