Potential Ozone Depleting Substances Uses and Alternatives in the Nordic Countries TemaNord 2005:580 Potential Ozone Depleting Substances Uses and Alternatives in the Nordic Countries TemaNord 2005:580 © Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen 2005 ISBN 92-893-1252-1 Copies: Print on Demand Printed on environmentally friendly paper This publication can be ordered on www.norden.org/order. Other Nordic publications are available at www.norden.org/publications Printed in Denmark Nordic Council of Ministers Nordic Council Store Strandstræde 18 Store Strandstræde 18 DK-1255 Copenhagen K DK-1255 Copenhagen K Phone (+45) 3396 0200 Phone (+45) 3396 0400 Fax (+45) 3396 0202 Fax (+45) 3311 1870 www.norden.org Nordic Environmental Co-operation The Nordic Environmental Action Plan 2005-2008 forms the framework for the Nordic countries’ environmental co-operation both within the Nordic region and in relation to the adjacent areas, the Arctic, the EU and other international forums. The programme aims for results that will consolidate the position of the Nordic region as the leader in the environmental field. One of the overall goals is to create a healthier living environment for the Nordic people. Nordic co-operation Nordic co-operation, one of the oldest and most wide-ranging regional partnerships in the world, involves Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland. Co- operation reinforces the sense of Nordic community while respecting national differences and simi- larities, makes it possible to uphold Nordic interests in the world at large and promotes positive relations between neighbouring peoples. Co-operation was formalised in 1952 when the Nordic Council was set up as a forum for parlia- mentarians and governments. The Helsinki Treaty of 1962 has formed the framework for Nordic partnership ever since. 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Content Content .........................................................................................................................5 Preface..........................................................................................................................7 Summary ......................................................................................................................9 Dansk sammenfatning ................................................................................................13 1 Methodology ........................................................................................................17 2 Data from Nordic product registers......................................................................19 2.1 Substances in the product registers ...........................................................19 2.2 Registered consumption............................................................................20 3 Uses and alternatives............................................................................................23 3.1 1-Bromopropane .......................................................................................24 3.1.1 Application and consumption ........................................................24 3.1.2 Alternatives....................................................................................27 3.2 2-Bromopropane .......................................................................................28 3.2.1 Application and consumption ........................................................28 3.3 Bromoethane.............................................................................................29 3.3.1 Application and consumption ........................................................30 3.4 Dibromoethane..........................................................................................30 3.4.1 Application and consumption ........................................................31 3.4.2 Alternatives....................................................................................33 3.5 1-Bromo-3-chloropropane.........................................................................34 3.5.1 Application and consumption ........................................................34 3.6 1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane ........................................................35 3.6.1 Application and consumption ........................................................36 3.6.2 Alternatives....................................................................................36 3.7 2,2,3,3-Tetrachlorohexafluorobutane........................................................37 3.7.1 Application and consumption ........................................................37 3.8 Tetrachlorohexafluorobutane ....................................................................38 3.8.1 Application and consumption ........................................................38 3.8.2 Alternatives ......................................................................................39 3.9 Dibromodifluoromethane..........................................................................40 3.9.1 Application and consumption ........................................................40 4. Management of waste of addressed substances....................................................43 5 References............................................................................................................45 Annex 1 Summary tables............................................................................................47 Annex 2 Contacted companies ...................................................................................50 Annex 3 Abbreviations and acronyms........................................................................51 Preface The Montreal Protocol has had great success in reducing the production and use of a number of known ozone depleting substances. As a result many alternatives to the banned substances have been developed. Some of these substances have, however, themselves ozone depleting properties or can be hazardous to the environment in other ways. As the procedure for including new ozone depleting substances under the regulation of the Montreal protocol is rather time consuming the tenth meeting of the parties to the Montreal Protocol decided in DEC. X/8 inter alia ‘to encourage parties in the light of reports from the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, to take measures to actively, as appropriate, discourage the production and marketing of new ozone depleting substances’. Further it was decided in DEC IX/24 and X/8 to request parties to report to the ozone secretariat on new substances. EU has taken the effort to elaborate a table of ‘New substances with ozone depletion potential’. Based on this list a shorter list of 7 substances of concern has been prepared by the Nordic Ozone Group for assessment in this study. Besides information on one substance assessed in another study is summarised. The substances were selected on the basis of infor- mation on ozone depletion potential and the amounts produced and used in the Nordic countries. The overall objective of the study is to contribute to the work on the protection of the ozone layer eventually by providing information which would facilitate the inclusion of new substances under the Montreal Pro- tocol or by otherwise reducing the use of these substances if appropriate. It is beyond the scope of this study to review the ozone depletion po- tential of the substances. This evaluation of the substances takes place in other fora. The study has been followed by a Steering Committee consisting of the members of the Nordic Ozone Group under the Nordic Chemicals Group: • Heiðrún Guðmundsdóttir, Environment and Food Agency, Iceland (chairman) • Mikkel Aaman Sørensen, Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Denmark • Sophia Mylona, The Norwegian Pollution Control Authority, Norway • Eliisa Irpola, Finnish Environment Institute, Finland • Maria Ufjalusi, Swedish Environmental Agency, Sweden • Carsten Lassen, COWI A/S, Denmark 8 Potential Ozone Depleting Substances The following team has contributed to the solving of this assignment: Carsten Lassen (Project Manager), Erik Hansen and Jakob Maag, COWI A/S. Summary This report presents the findings of the project "Potential ozone depleting substances - uses and alternatives in the Nordic Countries" prepared by COWI A/S for the Ozone Group under Nordic Council of Ministers. A part of the obtained information, in particularly on consumption fi- gures, is considered confidential, and this report contains only a part of the information that has been available for the Nordic Ozone Group. The objective of the study is to identify current uses of seven substan- ces of concern as ozone depleting substances. During the study one substance, tetrachlorohexafluorobutane, has been added to the list. Besi- des, the study summarises available information for dibromodifluoro- methane (Halon-1202). The assessed substances and identified uses are listed in table 1. Table 1 Uses and estimated consumption of the substances in the Nordic Countries in 2003 Substance CAS No ODP* Uses identified in this study Estimated consumption in the Nordic countries in 2003 Tonnes/year 1-Bromopropane 106-94-5 0.003 -0.1 Degreaser (solvent); 8-15 Process raw material; Laboratory chemical 2-Bromopropane 75-26-3 0.018 Intermediate for pharma-