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26.10.2021 News Capacity building in Zimbabwe for continuous control of ozone depleting substances
on ODS and HFC such as refrigerators Zimbabwean legislation for the control of ODS and HFC trade Licensing procedures Handling of ODS and HFC Use of refrigerant identifiers Expected changes on ODS and [...] ports were trained in the following areas: Effects of ODS and HFC on the environment The Montreal Protocol and its Kigali Amendment Identification of ODS and HFC using trade names, United Nations and Chemical [...] enlightened Customs Officers on the detrimental effects of ODS and HFC. After the training, the officers felt confident to control and monitor ODS and HFC trade in Zimbabwe. Besides the need to increase the …
01.04.2018 News Registration is open! Webinar on good practices in ODS bank management
Management and destruction of existing ozone depleting substances (ODS) banks will host a webinar on environmentally friendly ad sustainable ODS management and disposal. The registration is already ongoing and [...] the successful conceptual design of an effective ODS banks management and a correspondingly environmentally friendly disposal of these substances. The ODS banks-project is funded by Germany´s BMU via its …
11/2017 Publication - Video Video: ODS Banks - an unseen threat
depleting substances (ODS) such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) with a very high global warming potential (GWP). Due to the Montreal Protocol, production and consumption of ODS have been reduced su [...] successfully stepwise. However, the environmentally friendly management of so-called “ODS banks” (waste containing these substances such as old fridges, air conditioners, etc.) is not regulated by the Montreal [...] Montreal Protocol and often not properly handled. As a consequence, the substances are leaking from ODS banks into the environment; damaging the ozone layer and global climate …
Project Climate and Ozone Protection Alliance (COPA)
ng substances (ODS) or have a high global-warming potential (hydrofluorocarbons, HFCs). When old cooling devices are not disposed of in an environmentally friendly way, the legacy ‘ODS and HFC banks’ release [...] disposal of ODS and HFC banks is not currently a priority in the international climate debate. To date, the international community has only agreed to regulate the production and consumption of ODS in the Montreal [...] Amendment. An agreement on how to dispose of existing ODS and HFCs is still needed. Objective Policy-makers are taking measures to get rid of ODS and HFC banks and thereby reduce greenhouse gas emissions …
01.03.2020 News ODS Stakeholder Workshop in Tunisia
recommendations on long- and short-term actions to be implemented to address ODS Banks. The overreaching goal is to reduce emissions from ODS Banks. The aim of the stakeholder workshop was to exchange on the content [...] The roadmap is a strategic action plan for ODS bank management and destruction activities. It provides status quo analyses of regulatory, financial, collection, recycling and destruction processes and [...] needed to implement it. The workshop started by giving the participants a short introduction to the ODS banks project, the concepts of national roadmaps and Tunisia’s current refrigerant policy. Several …
03/2022 Publication - Inventories & Cooling Strategies National Plan for the Management of ODS/HFC Banks in Colombia
results in a rise of stocks of ozone depleting substances (ODS) and climate-damaging hydroflurocarbons (HFC). These quantities are known as the "ODS/HFC banks", a term that refers to the total amount of substances [...] packaging, which have not yet been released into the atmosphere. From these banks, quantities of these ODS (CFCs and HCFCs) and HFCs that affect the ozone layer and contribute to global warming are released [...] and articulately involve the different actors. This is how the National Plan for the management of ODS/HFC banks was formulated, which in its first phase focuses on the refrigeration and air conditioning …
02.07.2018 News New Colombian ODS Banks Inventory
destruction of substances that deplete the ozone layer existing in the ODS Banks" financed via IKI, GIZ Proklima has conducted an ODS Bank Inventory analyzing the consumption of ozone-depleting substances [...] because, based on them, the actions to be considered within the national management strategies for the ODS Banks will be formulated. With the implementation of these actions, the country will achieve a significant [...] impact of refrigerant substances on the ozone layer and climate change, thanks to the reduction of ODS and HFC emissions in the RAC sector …
03.11.2022 News Registration: COPA side event at COP27
jointly work on urgently needed solutions for ODS and HFC banks. COPA will support member countries and partners in exploiting GHG emission reduction potential in ODS and HFC banks management, thereby making [...] contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer. These so-called banks of Ozon Depleting Substances (ODS) and Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are not being managed or disposed in an environmentally sound manner [...] year. Currently, there are no global agreements in place to address the challenge of accumulating ODS and HFC banks in old cooling equipment. As a result, this specific emission reduction potential has …
01.12.2017 News Workshop on the disposal of ODS at the World Resources Forum (WRF)
Following the scientific sessions, GIZ Proklima organized a workshop on ODS Banks Management including two case studies from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ghana and Ministry of Environment [...] Development of Colombia (MADS Colombia). MADS Colombia presented the successful implementation of ODS banks management, collection, recovery and destruction of substances and old equipment in Colombia [...] society. Ghana on the other hand, show cased the public and private sector negotiations and actions on ODS waste management particularly for foams from old fridges as well as the financing and regulatory framework …
01.07.2017 News A new series of GIZ publications regarding ozone depleting substances (ODS) management
necessary capacity to adequately manage ODS banks. In a global roadmap, GIZ Proklima introduces the overarching key processes required to establish good practices in ODS banks management and the core issues [...] dismantling and transport considerations. All publications were developed within the scope of the global ODS Banks project, which is funded under the International Climate Initiative ( IKI ) of the Federal Ministry …