The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association and six other auto industry groups will in January begin recovering and disposing of chlorofluorocarbons used in auto air conditioners in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures.
This is the first attempt to recover and dispose of CFCs from products on the market, industry sources said. The organizations plans to expand their efforts nationwide by next summer, they said.
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