World's first halon gas destruction and carbon offset project sets stage for significant carbon reductions
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The destruction of the world's remaining halon gas could eliminate over 300 million tons of carbon pollution worldwide, or the equivalent of eliminating the annual greenhouse gas emissions of more than 65 million cars.
Key Points:
- The destruction of the world's remaining halon gas could eliminate over 300 million tons of carbon pollution worldwide, or the equivalent of eliminating the annual greenhouse gas emissions of more than 65 million cars.
- New production of halon gas was stopped under the Montreal protocol nearly three decades ago.
- Iron Mountain worked with Wesco to collect approximately 2,687 pounds of Halon 1301 from decommissioned equipment in Iron Mountain facilities and from Wesco's reclamation business.
- Under the pilot project, however, Tradewater, instead safely destroyed the gas and produced verified carbon offset credits in the first-ever use of the American Carbon Registry Methodology for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions and Removals from the Destruction of Ozone Depleting Substances, Version 1.1.