Lighting impacts the environment from product manufacture and electricity consumption through to final disposal. Producing lamps consumes energy and resources, lamps use electricity when they are switched on, and when lamps die they become waste that must be disposed of or recycled.

However, we can make a difference. For starters, we can all use energy efficient lighting that uses less electricity and lasts longer (which means fewer lamps end up in the landfill). It also means energy savings for end users and environmental benefits for the whole country.