Friday 16 March 2012

Who else wants to properly bank Halon?

    According to a 2010 Report of the Halons Technical Options Comitee, there are still countries in the world where because of a prohibition on halon exports, cross-contaminated halons are a financial liability and are reported to be vented to the atmosphere:

  "Global Halon 1211 and 1301 Banking

   Halon banking is a critical part of the management of halons.
Halon Bank Programmes must be accessible to all halon users or the risk of accelerated atmospheric emissions will escalate as users find themselves with redundant stock.

   Halon banking operations can play a significant role in ensuring the quality and availability of recycled halon, in managing the halon use down to zero, and in assisting with emission data by providing regional estimates that should be more accurate than global estimates. National or regional banking schemes that maintain good records offer the opportunity to minimise the uncertainty in stored inventory and stock availability.
   There are companies available globally that will purchase and “clean” cross-contaminated halons; however, in some countries, because of a prohibition on halon exports, cross-contaminated halons are a financial liability and are reported to be vented to the atmosphere."
 2010 REPORT OF THE
HALONS TECHNICAL OPTIONS COMMITTEE.

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