Millions of low-energy lightbulbs wasted as companies exploit loopholes

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Since the scheme began, 224m bulbs have been distributed

Forty-two million energy-saving lightbulbs were sent out by utilities companies in the three months before Christmas under the government's £3bn energy-efficiency scheme, even though many are unlikely...

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