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05.07.2021 News Not a waste of time: Lessons learned from the 'ODS Banks' project
management of ODS banks. This publication series focuses on the management and destruction of ODS banks, including a global roadmap and country-level estimate as well as guidelines on ODS bank inventories [...] mechanisms and a functioning ODS recycling and destruction infrastructure. These serve as a basis and strategy document for sustainable ODS banks actions in the countries. "The ODS banks roadmap is a very important [...] place on key elements for successful ODS banks management: Quantifying the problem: Estimating national ODS banks and future waste streams ( download presentation ) ODS destruction options for developing …
09/2017 Publication - Technical Publication Guideline: Management and Destruction of Existing Ozone Depleting Substances Banks (EN / ES / RS)
on substances that deplete the ozone layer (ODS) has been effectively regulating the production and consumption of ODS since 1989. However, large banks of ODS have accumulated globally dueto the excessive [...] controls of ODS, has ultimately contributed to an increase in waste stocks and equipment which contain ODS and now require final disposal. The global project ‘Management and Destruction of ODS Banks’ supports [...] of ODS banks represent a challenge for developing countries. Various programmes and projects that were promoted and financed by the Montreal Protocol, aiming at the reduction and elimination of ODS, resulted …
09.06.2021 News Registration open: Webinars on ODS Banks Inventories and ODS destruction options
depleting substances (ODS) banks at national level as a basis for any action and policy decisions in the field of ODS bank management. The objective is to present key elements of an ODS bank inventory and [...] Management and destruction of existing ozone depleting substances in ODS banks " has been one of the first projects that has addressed the ODS banks management topic systematically at global level and in five [...] the establishment of successful and sustainable ODS bank management and destruction activities. Webinar 1: Quantifying the problem: Estimating national ODS banks and future waste streams (16 June 2021, …
Event : 29 June 2021, 4:00pm - 6:00pm UTC , Opportunities and challenges of transboundary movement of ODS Waste - Regional Workshop
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01/2018 Publication - Inventories & Cooling Strategies Management and Destruction of Existing Ozone Depleting Substances Banks
substances (ODS) banks. Furhtermore, the paper presents a decision tree to assist in taking the right decisions concerning ODS bank management. This guideline focuses on the collection of ODS containing [...] neglected in the past: emissions from ozone depleting substances (ODS) banks. Large banks have accumulated globally by the excessive use of ODS, which is found in old refrigerators, insulation foam or cylinders [...] convention regulates the management and destruction of existing ODS banks, it is each country’s own responsibility to establish a successful ODS bank management scheme to handle this important source of emissions …
18.06.2021 News Registration open: Opportunities and challenges of transboundary movement of ODS Waste - Regional Workshop
Topic 2:00-2:05 pm Welcome 2:05-2:15 pm Introduction to ODS banks and TBM of ODS Waste 2:15-2:25 pm Presentation of Guideline for the TBM of ODS waste 2:25-2:55 pm Experiences of TBM from the port of Antwerp [...] warming potential. Reducing banks of ODS is a complex issue, particularly for developing countries, where the collection, recycling and destruction of waste containing ODS and HFCs present challenges as they [...] implement a system for managing banks of ODS, however some do not have the technology or means to destroy the collected substances domestically. In these cases, exporting ODS waste to another country for destruction …
18.12.2020 News Not a waste of time: Managing the waste of old RAC appliances
n of ODS by the Montreal Protocol and to phase-down HFCs with its Kigali Amendment, no agreements have been made regarding the destruction of the ODS and HFCs already produced. The topic of “ODS and HFC [...] emissions from 441 coal power plants. The global IKI-project ODS Banks provides strategies and good practice approaches for a sustainable management of ODS banks and assists the partner countries to develop their [...] their national sustainable management systems for ODS contained in cooling equipment. Despite of all the challenges this unique year brought, the ODS Banks project successfully implemented activities thanks …
Project Management and Destruction of ozone depleting substances in ODS banks
Destruction of ozone depleting substances in ODS banks The excessive use of ODS and HFCs has led to the accumulation of large banks, so-called “ODS and HFC Banks” globally. Their yearly emissions are [...] addition, the project developed among other guidelines on ODS bank inventories, policies, collection systems and transboundary movements of ODS waste. ODS Video This video is being blocked because of your cookie [...] partner countries Partner Countries The global IKI-project ODS Banks provides strategies and good practice approaches for a sustainable management of ODS banks and assists the partner countries to develop their …
01.12.2017 News Side event at the MOP29: Managing ODS Banks is crucial
"Management and Disposal of Existing Ozone-Depleting Substances in ODS Banks" GIZ Proklima aims at promoting the reduction of emissions from ODS banks in partner countries and raising awareness for the topic [...] a new study – published within the project – was presented on the calculation of ODS banks. The paper presents the ODS banks results at national level based on available data from regular reporting to [...] Protecting the environment is a complex, where ozone depleting substances – or ODS – play a crucial role. If released to the atmosphere, those chemical substances deplete the ozone layer and contribute …
06/2020 Publication - Technical Publication Thermal destruction of (hydro)chlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons
one aspect of ODS Banks management: The destruction of ODS through thermal processes. In industrialised countries a number of technical processes are available for the destruction of ODS, the most efficient [...] As a result of the Montreal Protocol, ODS have been widely replaced by hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which have high global warming potentials (GWP). While the ODS bank is projected to decline, the HFC bank [...] paper therefore focuses on the destruction of ODS but also addresses the destruction of HFC. It is expected that HFC destruction will not differ much from ODS destruction. The objective of this paper is …