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Environmental Impact<br />

Alternative refrigerants and regulations<br />

Hydr<strong>of</strong>luorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants were developed in the 1980s<br />

and 1990s as alternative refrigerants to CFCs and HCFCs. HFCs<br />

do not contain chlorine, and there<strong>for</strong>e do not destroy the ozone<br />

layer. They do, however, contribute to global warming; HFCs are<br />

greenhouse gases and as such they are in the group <strong>of</strong> gases<br />

included within the Kyoto Protocol. Several regions and countries in<br />

the world are adopting regulations to contain, prevent and thereby<br />

reduce emissions <strong>of</strong> the fluorinated greenhouse gases covered by<br />

the Kyoto Protocol.<br />

Examples <strong>of</strong> regulation:<br />

European 4<br />

USA 4<br />

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