Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a rule that will allow climate - friendly refrigerants in household refrigerators and freezers. (eia-global.org)
While many countries have moved their domestic market of household refrigerators to HFC - free systems using hydrocarbon refrigerants, such as iso - butane, the North American market has been inexplicably slow to transition. (eia-global.org)
Replace HFC - 134a with climate - friendly hydrocarbon refrigerants in the approximately 9 million new household refrigerators sold in the U.S. every year, eliminating nearly 3 million metric tons CO2e emissions annually resulting from the disposal of this equipment at the end of life. (eia-global.org)