§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what quantities of CFC have been collected and safely destroyed under the licensed facilities operating in the UK under EU Regulation 2037/2000 on ozone depleting substances in each year since implementation of the regulations; and what percentage of potential CFCs available for recovery this represented in each year. [184557]
§ Mr. MorleyThe information on CFCs is not held in the form requested. However, the following information is provided:
Tonnes Recovery of ozone depleting substances (ODS) including CFCs Total ODS destroyed (including halon) 2002 387 979 2003 494 819 In addition, a significant number of refrigerators leave the UK for treatment—418,000 in 2002 and 377,000 in 2003—and it will fall to the receiving EU state to recover the associated ODS, and report upon it.
It is not possible to state the percentage of potential ODS available for recovery that the destroyed amounts represented. One of the key reasons for this is ODS loss during a product's service life.