EU law causes unwanted fridge mountain

The United Kingdom has a fridge mountain, which is growing at the rate of 6.500 a day, with more than a million due to be piled up by mid-summer 2002. A European Union regulation which came into force on 1 January 2002 makes it illegal to dump the CFC foam which insulates fridges and freezers in landfill sites. The UK does not yet have any special closed units which at best can destroy fridges at the rate of 50-60 an hour. [To find full text of article use 'Advanced search' on homepage.]

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