Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Showing posts with label Fluorescent Bulb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fluorescent Bulb. Show all posts

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Compact fluorescent bulb recycling won't be mandatory, Ottawa says

The federal government has quietly backed away from a plan for mandatory recycling of compact fluorescent light bulbs, which contain the toxic element mercury, CBC News has learned.​

Instead, the Harper government posted regulations earlier this month that will create a voluntary code of practice for companies that sell the bulbs.

The federal government announced in 2007 it would ban incandescent light bulbs in favour of the compact fluorescent ones because they use less energy.

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