Publication: Ozone Depletion Today
Date: Thursday, March 11 2004
The Seychelles Nation recently reported the launch of the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Association of Seychelles (ACRAS), a new organization designed to support the island nation's air conditioning and refrigeration providers and technicians.
According to the paper, Seychelles Ministry of Environment principal secretary Rolph Payet noted that the German government has donated two chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) recycling machines to ACRAS to assist in the nation's efforts to phase out use of the ozone-depleting refrigerant by 2007, three years ahead of the deadline Seychelles committed to under the Montreal Protocol.
"In view of our dependence on industrialized countries for equipment and the gas itself, it made economic sense to fast-track the process," said Payet.
(SEYCHELLES NATION: 3/9)
