Below is the new phase‐out schedule of HCFCs submitted to the MLF for consideration and

in the Philippines: approval of funding support.

Base Level Average importation from Alternatives: What are the Options? What we
2009‐2010 • Foam blowing: Hydrocarbons (HCs)
1 January 2013
1 January 2015
Freeze of base level
10% reduction in HCFC
such as pentane, Water‐blown
technology, Supercritical Carbon SHOULD
importation dioxide (CO2), Hydrofluorocarbons
1 January 2020 35% reduction in HCFC
importation
(HFCs);
• Cooling Agent for domestic
KNOW about
1 January 2025 67.5% reduction in HCFC airconditioning, and commercial

1 January 2030
importation
97.5% reduction in HCFC
refrigeration/airconditioning: HFCs
and HFC blends, natural refrigerants
HCFCs
such as HCs, ammonia and CO2;
1 January 2030
importation
Annual average of 2.5%of • Fire Extinguisher: Dry Chemical, AFFF,
(such as HCFC‐22,
to 31 December HCFC base level allowed CO2, HFCs, Water (depending on
application);
HCFC‐141b, HCFC‐123
2039 for servicing
1 January 2040 HCFCs no longer allowed • Solvents: Methylene chloride,
Trichloroethylene, Aqueous cleaning
and HCFC Blends)
to be imported
fluids, HFCs.
The Philippines, with assistance from the • Ensure that hydrocarbon refrigerants
Multilateral Fund and the Implementing are only used in equipment
Agencies, has drafted a HCFC Phaseout manufactured and certified for
Management Plan (HPMP) that will spell out hydrocarbon use.
the overarching strategy to phase out HCFC Useful websites: http://www.unep.org/dtie/
usage through the implementation of non‐ http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/
investment and investment projects. Among
the sectors that will phase out HCFC
consumption are the following: foam
manufacturing, domestic airconditioning,
commercial and industrial refrigeration and
airconditioning, fire extinguishing, and
servicing. In 2010 the “HCFC‐141b Phaseout
in the Foam Sector Project” was approved by Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Environmental Management Bureau
the MLF. The project is currently implemented
PHILIPPINE OZONE DESK
by the United Nations Industrial Development
DENR Compound, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
Organization (UNIDO) and the DENR. Phase Tel. Nos. +63‐2‐9281244 * +63‐2‐9284696
out projects for the other sectors will be Website: http://emb.gov.ph/philozone/philozone.htm
What are hydrochlorofluorocarbons or What are the types of HCFCs, and where are schedule. The Philippine Ozone Desk (POD) of
HCFCs? they used? the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources – Environmental Management
HCFCs are a group of ozone‐depleting There are several HCFCs that are commonly Bureau (DENR‐EMB) is tasked to ensure that
substances (ODS) controlled under the used in the Philippines. Each type of HCFC has the Philippines complies with its commitments
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete a different ozone‐depleting potential (ODP), to the Montreal Protocol.
the Ozone Layer. HCFCs were found to have a or ability to destroy ozone molecules in the
negative effect on the earth’s stratospheric stratosphere. For reference purposes,
ozone layer which protects humans, animals chlorofluorocarbon 11 (CFC 11), a major ODS,
and plants against the harmful ultraviolet‐B has an ODP of 1.00.
(UV‐B) rays of the sun.
Chemical ODP Use
How do HCFCs harm the ozone layer? Name
HCFC 22 0.055 Cooling agent in
The ozone layer is a thin, fragile shield that domestic, commercial,
envelops the earth and acts like an umbrella and transport
that protects us from the sun’s harmful refrigerators
ultraviolet‐B radiation (UV‐B). It is made up of HCFC 0.11 Foam‐blowing agent
ozone (O3) molecules and located in the upper 141b and cleaning
atmosphere, 20 to 40 kilometers above the agent/solvent
earth’s surface. HCFC 123 0.02 Fire extinguishing agent
and cooling agent in Each country that ratified the Montreal
Ozone‐depleting substances (ODS) like HCFCs commercial Protocol committed to gradually reduce and
destroy ozone molecules in the stratosphere, refrigeration and air‐ eventually eliminate its CONSUMPTION of
which causes ozone depletion – the thinning conditioning ODS, including HCFCs. The Montreal Protocol
of the ozone layer. Because of this, more UV‐B HCFC 0.025‐ Cleaning agent/solvent defines CONSUMPTION as:
penetrates the earth putting all life forms at blends 0.033
risk. CONSUMPTION = PRODUCTION + IMPORT –
What is the Philippine Government doing in EXPORT
response to this issue?
Since the Philippines is neither a producer nor
The Philippines is one of the 196 countries an exporter of HCFCs, its consumption of
that ratified the Montreal Protocol on HCFCs is equal to its HCFCs importation.
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The
Montreal Protocol is an agreement where its During the 19th Meeting of the Parties in 2007
member countries agreed to gradually reduce in Montreal, Canada, Parties to the Montreal
and eventually eliminate their production and Protocol agreed to adjust the HCFC phase‐out
consumption of ODS following an agreed schedules for both developed and developing
countries.