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.