Intelex Top 5 Environmental Statistics – SNAP Program (Infographic)
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P R E S E N T E D B YSOURCES:
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/regulations.htmlhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/bd4379a92ceceeac8525735900400c27/7ddef1e697f81ef885257d1100498636!OpenDocumenthttp://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/sectors.html
July 2014 SNAP Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
Significant New Alternatives Policy
SNAP programprohibits the use of certain chemicalsthat contribute to climate change
promotes smooth transition to safer alternatives
by 2020
The latest proposal is estimated to
reduce greenhouse gases
byupto
million metric tonsof carbon dioxide42
which is equal to
the carbon dioxide emissions from the annual electricity use
of more than
5 million homes
The HFCs and HFC-containing blends affected by SNAP proposal are used in:
aerosols
motor vehicle air conditioning
retail food refrigeration
vending machines
foam blowing
The SNAP program has reviewed substitutesfor the following industrial sectors:
Refrigeration Air Conditioning
Foam Blowing Agents
Cleaning Solvents
Fire Suppression Explosion Protection
Aerosols
Sterilants
Tobacco Expansion
Adhesives, Coatings Inks
and
and
and
and
The Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program is EPA's program to evaluate and regulate substitutes for the ozone-depleting chemicals that are being phased out under the stratospheric ozone protection provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA).