Sentences with phrase «substance hydrochlorofluorocarbons»

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They produce the refrigerant HCFC - 22, a hydrochlorofluorocarbon promoted by the Montreal Protocol as a replacement to more destructive ozone layer - eating substances.

EPA proposed a rule that will extend the servicing and disposal of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment requirements for other ozone - depleting substances (like chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbon) to HFCs.

While HFCs are not Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) and therefore an acceptable substitute for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) under the Montreal Protocol, they have high global warming potentials (GWPs) and contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The latest edition, which is titled «Saving the Ozone Layer: Phasing Out Ozone Depleting Substances in Developing Countries,» includes a focus on hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), which are being phased out under the Protocol but are commonly used as both refrigerants and foam blowing agents.

One of the focuses of this exposition was on new lower global warming potential (GWP) technologies that are bursting onto the Chinese market, to replace the ozone depleting substances (Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)-RRB- that have been and are being phased - out under the Montreal Protocol.

Their use is growing because they are being widely adopted as replacements for O3 - depleting substances (ODS), including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), which are being phased out under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozsubstances (ODS), including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), which are being phased out under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the OzSubstances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

It also addresses UNEP's work in reducing the lead content of fuels and paint, and tackling ozone - depleting substances such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons and methyl bromide.

Leaking refrigerants are a major cause of climate change because they predominantly consist of two families of synthetic manmade chemicals called hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)-- both ozone depleting substances and super greenhouse gases (GHGs)-- and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- powerful GHGs...

HFCs have been commercialized to replace ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants, which have been or currently are being phased - out under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.