Firms get tools to protect ozone

Firms get tools to protect ozone

JAKARTA: The Office of the State Minister for the Environment
and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) handed over on
Monday equipment to enable 13 refrigerator producers to adopt an
ozone-friendly production process.

The companies -- located in Batam, Medan, Tanjung Pinang and
Greater Jakarta -- have committed to not using
chlorofluorocarbons (CFS) in their products.

So far, the technology conversion project has phased out the
annual consumption of over 130 metric tons (MT) of CFCs in the
refrigeration manufacturing industry, out of a total 300 MT
targeted nationwide by the end of this year.

CFCs are chemicals that rapidly deplete the ozone layer, which
may contribute to global warming. Indonesia is expected to cut
its total CFCs consumption by some 4,800 MT, as well as 1,231 MT
used in the refrigeration manufacturing industry, by 2007. --JP