ozone-depleting substance emissions News
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The urgency of drawing down N2O emissions (but also some good news)
Nitrous oxide is the most significant ozone-depleting substance emission and the third most important greenhouse gas released into the atmosphere. Recently Oene Oenema, Carolien Kroeze, Jan Peter Lesschen, Lin Ma and Gerard Velthof (Alterra and Wageningen University) contributed to a United Nations Environment Programme synthesis report that addresses the urgency of drawing down N2O emissions. ...
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100,000th Refrigerator Recycled as Part of GE Agreement with Appliance Recycling Centers of America
This week, GE, in collaboration with Appliance Recycling Centers of America (ARCA), reached a milestone of 100,000 refrigerators and freezers recycled through North America’s only UNTHA Recycling Technology (URT) System. ARCA’s (Nasdaq: ARCI) URT machine, a unique 40-foot-tall engineering marvel, recovers approximately 95 percent of the insulating ...
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GE partners with EPA on responsible appliance disposal (RAD) program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and landfill waste
GE Appliances & Lighting became the first appliance manufacturer to partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in their Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program to help protect the ozone layer and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The EPA's voluntary program focuses on refrigeration appliance recycling best practices, including the recovery of foam in used ...
By 3BL Media
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GE partners with EPA on responsible appliance disposal (RAD) program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and landfill waste
Agreement with Appliance Recycling Centers of America (ARCA) will reduce the typical landfill waste of a refrigerator by approximately 85 percent by weight Innovative technology being used by ARCA and GE is the first in the U.S. GE Appliances & Lighting today became the first appliance manufacturer to partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in their Responsible Appliance ...
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Calculating carbon emissions
Refrigerant Gas & Fugitive Emissions Compliance Includes CO2 Calculations If you manage a facility using a refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) system or heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC-R) system, it’s time to comply with federal and state environmental laws regarding carbon emissions. To help reduce greenhouse gases, the law requires calculating carbon emissions. This ...
By Accruent
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N2O: Not one of the usual suspects
Nitrous oxide is better known to the public for inducing giggles in dentists’ offices than for wreaking havoc on Earth’s protective ozone layer. It bears little resemblance to the perpetrators of ozone-layer destruction currently regulated under the international Montreal Protocol agreement— those chemicals all contain chlorine or bromine atoms, unlike nitrous oxide. But now that global actions ...
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United States Reaches Settlement with Safeway To Reduce Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Substances Nationwide
In a settlement agreement with the United States, Safeway, the nation’s second largest grocery store chain, has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty and implement a corporate-wide plan to significantly reduce its emissions of ozone-depleting substances from refrigeration equipment at 659 of its stores nationwide, estimated to cost approximately $4.1 million, announced the U.S. ...
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EPA reaches settlement with Safeway to reduce emissions of ozone-depleting refrigerants nationwide
Safeway, the nation’s second largest grocery store chain, has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty and implement a corporate-wide plan to significantly reduce its emissions of ozone-depleting substances from refrigeration equipment at 659 of its stores nationwide, estimated to cost approximately $4.1 million, in a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and ...
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Sears Joins EPA to Help Protect the Planet – One Old Ice Box at a Time
(Chicago, Ill. - Oct. 18, 2007) What do your old refrigerator and freezer have to do with the stratospheric ozone layer and climate change? Plenty. That's why Sears Home Services is taking the lead among retailers to join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's voluntary Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program. The program promotes environmentally responsible disposal of household ...
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NOAA study shows nitrous oxide now top ozone-depleting emission
Nitrous oxide has now become the largest ozone-depleting substance emitted through human activities, and is expected to remain the largest throughout the 21st century, NOAA scientists say in a new study. For the first time, this study has evaluated nitrous oxide emissions from human activities in terms of their potential impact on Earth’s ozone layer. As chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which have ...
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Europe using less ozone-damaging chemicals
Europe has made significant progress in phasing out chemicals which damage the ozone layer, according to a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The report considers production and use of more than 200 chemicals which damage the planet’s ozone layer, which are controlled by the Montreal Protocol and EU legislation. In the 1970s and 1980s, scientists established that certain ...
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WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin 2007: Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reach new highs
Levels of climate-warming greenhouse gases continue to increase in the atmosphere. In 2007, global concentrations of carbon dioxide again reached the highest levels ever recorded. These latest numbers, published today in the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) 2007 Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, continue the trend of rising emissions of greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. ...
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EPA Welcomes Delaware Health and Social Services to Responsible Appliance Disposal Team
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today welcomed the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) as the first state partner in the EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program, a nation-wide effort to protect the ozone layer and reduce greenhouse gases by properly disposing old refrigerators, freezers and other appliances. “By joining EPA’s RAD ...
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European Commission proposes to revise the regulation on ozone-depleting substance
The European Commission recently presented a proposal to revise the current legislation on the protection of the ozone layer. The revision is intended to simplify the current legislation and reflect the progress made in phasing out ozone-depleting substances in the European Union, to allow the EU to continue leading the global battle to protect and restore the ozone layer. Despite the good ...
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