Old bulbs and collecting WEEE
How many have read, from September 1 the old incandescent bulbs 100w definitely be outlawed. 
And 'then allowed to dispose of the remaining retailers, but they can not buy new, instead favoring the spread of energy efficient fluorescent and halogen. The ban on the marketing point of these bulbs is expensive and not very environmentally friendly in 2011, together with that of A class appliances less than A.
Party not so auspiciously due to various legal mess between Berlusconi and the Prodi government in the years 2007-2008-2009, the decree is finally the definitive European, black and white, even in Italy.
All right then? Well, no.
The incandescent bulbs are WEEE or waste arising from electrical and electronic equipment. WEEE is one of the types of hazardous waste in the fastest growing globally (growing at a rate of 3-5% per annum, three times the normal trash). They are considered dangerous to their content of toxic elements and persistent, which represent a risk to the environment and human health in various stages of treatment, recycling and disposal.
Specifically, the incandescent bulbs contain small amounts of mercury, and to ensure that the disposal proceeds for the better came into force (also in a daring) in 2005, the Legislative Decree 151, which imposes a ecocontributo WEEE (then be applied to all waste electrical and electronic) of 22 cents and a drawing to follow.
The fact you should contact your dealer who, with the purchase of an equivalent new product, will withdraw the use. The journey of the old electronic device will go on then to the point of a national collection available to the City and finally back to him.
The manufacturer, and without fee of 22 cents a strong piece that you tributato, would deal with recyclable recycle and dispose of the rest properly.
Unfortunately the system is jammed with terrible red tape and riding on the decree in question, effectively paralyzing the set-aside requirement of shopkeepers, and instead fall back on the national burden of going in person to the collection points to dispose of your waste.
Obviously this does not encourage an environmentally conscientious, ethical behavior that the man in the street, although obliged by law to a proper disposal, often prefer a hasty abandonment. To know where the Collection Centres, require the removal of objects, or other information you may contact the coordinating center weee calling toll 800-9031146 or via email at info@cdcraee.it .
Here instead found a pdf that explains how the system is structured withdrawal and treatment sites in Italy, although in a somewhat 'optimistic.
In conclusion, despite the green initiatives undertaken to date Italians pay a contribution to an inefficient service.
But the worst part of course is that in Italy the proper disposal of hazardous waste, regulated in the rest of Europe '(the EU has begun to engage in prodlema of WEEE in 2002), seems left to chance and good will, in a whirlwind of disorganization, pace and extended the concept of shared responsibility that should accompany the old "polluter pays" the intention of the European Standard for waste disposal technology.
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