Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Ozone-Depleting Substances Eliminated

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BOGOTA, Jun 7 2004 (IPS) - Two Colombian companies based in the northern city of Barranquilla are implementing technology friendly to the Earth's ozone layer, thanks to a donation of 1.4 million dollars from the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol on Ozone-Depleting Substances. Rymco Laboratories, a medical product manufacturer, refitted its factory to eliminate the annual consumption of 11 tons of CFC-113, a chemical that destroys ozone, and was used as a solvent in silicon in treating syringes and catheters.

Thermo-Coil, which produces air conditioner parts, began converting its industrial plant in July 2001 to eliminate use of 137 tons annually of ozone-depleting substances.