Table 2: Hg emissions and sales per lamp type in the EU 27 area (data taken from VITO, 2009).
| |
CLS-C |
CLS-F |
HL-MV-LW |
HL-MV-HW |
HL-LV |
CFLi |
Total |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| EU 27 sales (mil unit) |
297 |
767 |
97 |
84 |
147 |
353 |
1746 |
| Hg emission during use phase (mg) |
0.86 |
0.86 |
0.96 |
7.20 |
1.60 |
1.31 |
|
| Hg emission during the end of life phase (mg) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.2 |
|
| Hg emission all lamps in the EU-27(kg) |
255.4 |
659.6 |
93.1 |
604.8 |
235.2 |
1592 |
5264 |
| |
| Product life time (hours) |
1000 |
1000 |
1500 |
1500 |
3000 |
6000 |
|
| Lumen output per lamp (lm) |
594.0 |
572.4 |
480.0 |
5177.3 |
435.0 |
559.0 |
|
| Hg emitted over life time per lumen per hour (ng) |
1.45 |
1.51 |
1.33 |
0.93 |
1.22 |
1.34 |
|
Source: SCHER 
Opinion on Mercury in Certain Energy-saving Light Bulbs (2010), 3.2 Question B, p. 12