10.5.4 Policies and measures on fluorinated gases

The HFCs regulated under the Kyoto Protocol substitute for the ODS. A number of countries have adopted collection systems for products still in use based on voluntary agreements (Austrian Federal Government, 2001) or EPR regulations for appliances (Government of Japan, 2002). Both the EU and Japan have successfully prohibited landfill disposal of appliances containing ODS foams after 2001 (TFFEoL, 2005).