Malaysia successfully reduces HCFC use by 70%

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has reduces the use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) by a whopping 70% – surpassing the original target of 43% – through the implementation of the HCFC Elimination Management Plan (HPMP) Stage 1.

Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry secretary-general Datuk Dr Kim Ching Thoo, who represented minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, highlighted this at a two-day combined thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention (COP) and the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP) held in Bangkok that started on Thursday (Oct 30).