From DAVID ROBERTS
I am writing on behalf of the British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association
regarding ‘Japan turns on the heat to destroy CFCs’ (Technology, 11 July).
The article quoted Ikuo Tamori as saying ‘The biggest users of CFCs
vary from country to country. In Europe, most CFCs come from aerosols. .
.’
I would like to point out to your readers that virtually all consumer
aerosols are free of CFCs and have been so since 1989. CFC-free aerosols
account for over 90 per cent of the total produced in Britain. Aerosol household
products have not contained CFCs for over 20 years.
On a global scale, CFC propellants in aerosols now account for less
than 14 per cent of the world production of CFC compounds – far less than
those used as refrigerants (39 per cent) and in the manufacture of flexible
and rigid foam (39 per cent).
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David Roberts British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association London
