The use of mercury, a dangerous heavy metal, in common light bulbs should soon be banned in the EU under a set of rules adopted on Friday 17 December by the European Commission.
By means of 12 delegated acts, the institution intends to put an end to a wide range of existing derogations. The 2012 directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment (2012/19/EU, the so-called WEEE Directive) prohibits the placing on the market of equipment containing hazardous substances, but with...