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  • Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Ozone Depleting Substances

    Topics:
    • Actions to Protect our Environment, 
    • Chemicals and industrial pollution policy issues
    Legislation on fluorinated greenhouse gases (“F-gases”) and Ozone Depleting Substances (“ODS”) helps to limit Northern Ireland’s gaseous emissions and enables us to play our part in minimising the effects of global warming and ozone layer eradication.

    News updates


    • 2023 ban on foams which contain the F-gas hydrofluorocarbons (“HFCs”) with a Global Warming Potential (“GWP”) of 150 or over

    • EU Review of ODS legislation​​​

    • Scoping survey on the extent of the use of the F-gas sulphur hexafluoride in NI

    • EU review of F-gas legislation

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    • Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases
    • Ozone Depleting Substances ("ODS")
    • F-gas and ODS guidance documents

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    Most recent publications

    • 2023 ban on foams which contain the F-gas hydrofluorocarbons (“HFCs”) with a Global Warming Potential (“GWP”) of 150 or over

      Published 4 November 2022
    • EU review and feedback period of ozone depleting substances ("ODS") policy and legislation

      Published 21 July 2022
    See all publications in this topic

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