Starting this year, the grocer plans to buy environmentally friendly refrigerants for all of its new and remodeled locations and swap in ones with low global warming potential at existing stores. Published Jan. 10, 2024 Catherine Douglas Moran Reporter Thai Phi Le/Grocery Dive Dive Brief: Aldi announced Wednesday its U.S. stores have stopped offering plastic shopping bags, closing out a  pledge it announced back in 2022 . The discounter said it will also transition to natural refrigerants by the end of 2035. Starting this year, the company is planning to buy environmentally friendly refrigerants for all of its new and remodeled stores as well as replace refrigerants in existing stores with ones that have low global warming potential. The two efforts aim to build on the discount grocer’s sustainability moves as the grocery industry ramps up its planet-focused work. PLAYBOOK FOR GIVEX Exploring the Connection Between POS and Meaningful Customer Experiences Explore how brand...

Climate Control News  By Sandra Rossi | 9 January 2024 A-Gas commercial vice president of refrigerant management, Taylor Ferranti, identifies strategies to create a circular economy for refrigerant gases. Refrigerants are a critical component of modern-day society—from enabling air conditioning in buildings and airplanes to ensuring food supply safety. However, as governments and businesses alike look to mitigate negative environmental impacts, refrigerant use has come under close examination in recent years due primarily to the global warming impact of some refrigerants (such as hydrofluorocarbons—HFCs—or hydrochlorofluorocarbons—HCFCs). As a result, reclaimed refrigerants have become a larger part of the conversation around more responsible cooling solutions. Legislation like the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act has shifted the narrative around the role of reclaimed refrigerant gases as a viable solution for the continued use of refrigerant gases. With the huge am...

  Shakopee metal recycler fined $140,000 for mishandling ozone-depleting and planet-warming chemicals. By  Chloe Johnson  Star Tribune   DECEMBER 21, 2023 — 4:49PM Dem-Con Metal Recycling didn't have a plan to capture CFCs and HFCs, and couldn't operate the necessary equipment during an EPA visit.  Cars were piled up in April outside the metal recycling facility at Dem-Con Companies Environmental Campus in Shakopee. A metal recycler in Shakopee was fined $140,000 by the Environmental Protection Agency for mishandling climate-warming refrigerants. Dem-Con Metal Recycling accepts scrap metals and old appliances, and then sends them to other companies to be shredded, company President Bill Keegan said this week. Old refrigerators and air conditioners can still contain chemicals that are illegal to release into the environment. The EPA said the problems at Dem-Con "have caused or can cause" the release of the chemicals. But Keegan said no chemicals were ever release...

The ESCO Institute invites you to join us on November 30, 2023, for an informative and interactive webcast on Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Future with A2L Refrigerants. In this webcast you will get firsthand information from Honeywell's refrigeration experts, Ron Vogl and Doug Starasinic, as well as Clifton Beck of ESCO Institute, who will share best practices on safe handling of A2L refrigerants at various stages in the installation and maintenance process. Courtesy of Honeywell, all attendees of this webcast will get complimentary access to ESCO's 4-hour online A2L Training program, starting November 30th. (A $39.95 value!)

DUBAI, 10 hours, 27 minutes ago Honeywell and Trane Technologies have said that Trane chillers running on ultra-low-global warming potential (GWP) Honeywell Solstice zd (R-1233zd) refrigerant in the UAE are helping avoid 42,000 tonnes of CO2e emissions annually.   Based on hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) technology, Honeywell Solstice zd is energy efficient, non-flammable and has a GWP of 1, reducing impact on the environment compared with the commonly used hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerant R-134a.    "Our collaboration with Trane in the UAE is a strong example of how HFO refrigerants such as Honeywell Solstice zd are making a significant difference for the environment,” said George Bou Mitri, vice president and general manager of Performance Materials and Technologies for the Middle East and North Africa at Honeywell. “Across the Middle East’s built environment, there is considerable focus on how to meet the intense cooling requirements of infrastructure while simultaneously m...

November 28, 2023 06:45 AM Eastern Standard Time WILMINGTON, Del.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--The Chemours Company (“Chemours”) (NYSE: CC), a global chemistry company with leading market positions in Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials, today announced the creation of an international F-gas Lifecycle Program across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The program aims to advance safe, global recovery, reclaim , and reuse of fluorinated gases (F-gases) across its low global warming potential (GWP) Opteon™ products, Freon™ refrigerants, and FM-200™ portfolios. This program, which began as region and country-specific initiatives, will now include global oversight to drive additional adoption, partnerships, and reclamation. As part of the program, Chemours will complete a global review to identify opportunities for expansion and increased collaboration. This announcement reinforces Chemours’ commitment to supporting a global circular economy a...

  by  National Research Council of Science and Technology A research team has successfully developed an environmentally friendly refrigerant compressor using an electrochemical method instead of a mechanical method. The development is  published  in  Renewable Energy . In contrast to conventional refrigerants containing HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) that destroy the  ozone layer  and cause global warming, environmentally friendly refrigerants (ammonia, R1234yf, etc.) have very small environmental impacts. In accordance with the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, advanced nations in Europe as well as the United States and Japan are in the process of transitioning to eco-friendly refrigerants until the complete phase-out of the use of HFCs in 2024. Using environmentally friendly refrigerants can help to prevent environmental pollution and contribute to sustainable development. Mechanical compressors have several limitations, such as problems with dur...

Beveridge & Diamond Russ LaMotte, Liz Johnson, Lauren Karam, Nikki Waxman On October 19, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published   a proposed rule   to establish an Emissions Reduction and Reclamation Program to manage certain HFCs and their substitutes. The proposed rule,  Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes under Subsection (h) of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 , is the latest rule proposed to be promulgated under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 (AIM Act), 42 U.S.C. § 7675   et seq ., and the first to address the AIM Act’s repair and reclamation requirements under subsection (h). EPA also released its final Technology Transition rule on the same day, which implements subsection (i) of the AIM Act. B&D’s summary of the Technology Transition Rule can be found   here . Additionally, the Proposed Rule also includes alternative standards...

ChillCo offers the most diverse refrigerant recovery and recycle system on the market. Using "The Ox System" built with equipment by RefTec International Systems , ChillCo has the ability to recycle halocarbon refrigerants without taking systems offline or interrupting production. Their system meets NEMA 7, Class 1, Division 2, Groups A, B, C & D. ChillCo understands the importance of following EPA and OSHA guidelines and places the highest priority on the documentation of all processes pertaining to refrigeration systems. System Capabilities ChillCo has the ability to recover all halocarbon (R11, R12, R22, R123, R134a, R404a, R407C, R410a) and hydrocarbon (Propylene, Propane, Methane, Ethane, Ethylene, Butane, and Pentane) system charges. The most time-consuming part of a complete system recovery is the vapor recovery process. The Ox unit will recover vapor at a rate unmatched by the competition, which means less downtime and faster access into the refrigeration system ...