Fifty-two thousand and five hundred pieces of incandescent bulbs were yesterday destroyed by the Energy Commission in line with its energy efficiency regulation.
The action was part of moves by the commission to enforce a ban placed on the importation and sale of incandescent bulbs.
Some of the bulbs were seized from two companies in Accra while others were taken from another company at Agona Swedru in the Central Region.
Incandescent bulbs consume high levels of energy.
The items were destroyed in the presence of officials of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) at Oblogo landfill site in Accra.
Briefing journalists later, the Technical Director of the commission, Dr Nii Darko Asante, said the seizure and destruction of the bulbs were in line with the commission’s energy efficiency regulation, LI 932 of 2008.
Dr Asante said as a result of limited energy resources, there was the need to ensure energy conservation and protection.
He warned that the commission would ensure a full implementation of the regulation banning the importation and distribution of used refrigerators by the end of the year.
“We expect to re-enforce the ban with effect from January 1, 2013, to save the country from high energy consumption,” Dr Asante said.
He was of the hope that the enforcement of the ban would save the country an annual revenue of about $33 million.
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