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HCFCs

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HCFCs: see chlorofluorocarbons chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), organic compounds that contain carbon, chlorine, and fluorine atoms. CFCs are highly effective refrigerants that were developed in response to the pressing need to eliminate toxic and flammable substances, such as sulfur dioxide and
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As the demand for air conditioning and refrigeration increases globally, and as countries accelerate their efforts to phase out HCFCs to protect the ozone layer, producers of such products will turn increasingly to HFCs unless suitable alternatives can be identified," the department said.
It obliges Bahrain and others to freeze their HCFCs consumption levels by 2013 and then comply with reductions of 10 per cent by 2015, 35pc by 2020, 67.
The new protocol requires Bahrain and other developing countries to freeze their current consumption levels of HCFCs by 2013 and then to comply with reductions of 10 per cent by 2015, 35 per cent by 2020, 67.
 
 
 
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