WB's funds to end CFC use

WB's funds to end CFC use

JAKARTA (JP): The World Bank has granted Indonesia funds worth
US$1.56 million to abolish the use of chlorofluorcarbon (CFC)
which causes the depletion of the ozone layer, chairman of
Indonesian Foam Manufacturers Association (AFI), Antonio M Go,
said.

The assistance will be appropriated to 50 small- and medium-
scale boxfoam companies in Jakarta and its surrounding areas
(Jabotabek), West Java, Central Java, Lampung and South Sumatra,
Antara reported yesterday.

Go said at the opening of a workshop on "CFC Phase Out in
Flexible Boxfoam Applications Technology Safety Assistance" here
Thursday.

He said the funds will be used to purchase gas exhaust, safety
equipment, and methyl chloride (MC), which does not deplete the
ozone layer that protects the earth from the sun's ultraviolet
radiation.