ODS destruction/recovery technologies

Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 10 November 2016 – Heads of national refrigeration assocations and Montreal Protocol focal points from 11 Central Asian and Caucasus countries enhance ozone layer protection and sustainable management of climate gases: The experts shared highlights, challenges and lessons learnt from the implementation of their respective hydrochlorofluoro carbon (HCFC) phase-out strategies and from the surveys on ozone-friendly alternatives during the thematic meeting in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 8-10 November 2016.

The Paris Agreement’s entry into force is an historic day – it shows the shift to a greener world is irreversible.

UNEP has repeated warnings to waste handlers after the owner of a Spanish recycling company received two years’ jail for releasing refrigerants to atmosphere.

The agency’s extension of Section 608 to HFCs also applies to HFOs.

Nearly 200 countries struck a landmark deal today to reduce the emissions of powerful greenhouse gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), in a move that could prevent up to 0.5 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end of this century.

This document describes the key findings of the “Solving the Mystery of Carbon Tetrachloride” workshop that was held in Dübendorf, Switzerland, from 4-6 October 2015.

To request that the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel prepare a report for consideration by the twenty-eighth Meeting of the Parties containing.

To prepare a report for consideration by the 37th OEWG meeting, and thereafter an updated report to be submitted to the 28th MOP.

The 2016 Antarctic Ozone Hole size reached 23 million km2, 5 million km2 smaller than the record 2015 hole, whose larger size was due to colder-than-average temperatures in the stratosphere, while warmer temperatures were encountered this year.

On 19 September, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed a bill (SB1383) that legally obliges the US state to reduce its emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

More than 100 countries yesterday backed an “early freeze date” on an amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFC refrigerants.

The drive to phase-down HFCs will be a major theme on Friday as UNEP celebrates the 2016 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

China has phased out 250’000 tonnes of ozone depleting substances (ODS) in the past five years’ accounting for over a half of the total amount phased out by all developing countries’ the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said Friday.

New proposals by the US EPA will see a tightening of HFC refrigerant emission, venting and sales laws.

Daikin says its acquisition of Solvay’s European refrigerants business will boost sales to €230m by 2018.The deal reported to be worth around €22m gives the Japanese company, best known in the West as an air conditioning manufacturer, its first refrigerant manufacturing base in Europe.

Five managers of waste sites have been given prison terms of up to four years and 200 more could face court for incorrectly disposing of refrigerators.