× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Decision XXIII/12: Adoption of new destruction technologies for ozone‑depleting substances Document type Decision Reference number XXIII/12 Date Nov 25, 2011 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances, Air & atmosphere Treaty Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Sep 16, 1987) Meeting Twenty-Third Meeting of the Parties Website ozone.unep.org Abstract Noting with appreciation of the report of the task force established by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel in response to decision XXII/10 on destruction technologies for ozone‑depleting substances, Noting that the task force recommends the addition of four technologies to the list of destruction processes approved by the parties and indicates that there is insufficient information to recommend one technology deemed to hold high potential, To approve the highlighted destruction processes in the annex to the present decision for the purposes of paragraph 5 of Article 1 of the Montreal Protocol, as additions to the technologies listed in annex VI to the report of the Fourth Meeting of the Parties[1] and modified by decisions V/26, VII/35 and XIV/6; To request the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel to continue to assess the plasma destruction technology for methyl bromide in the light of any additional information that may become available and to report to the parties when appropriate; Also to request the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel to continue to investigate the issues raised in its 2011 progress report regarding performance criteria for destruction and removal efficiency compared to destruction efficiency, and regarding verification criteria for the destruction of ozone-depleting substances at facilities that use approved destruction technologies, and to submit a final report to the Open-ended Working Group at its thirty-second meeting; Annex to decision XXIII/12 Approved destruction processes Technology Applicability Concentrated Sources Dilute Sources Annex A Annex B Annex C Annex E Group 1 Group 2 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 1 Group 1 Primary CFCs Halons Other CFCs Carbon Tetrachloride Methyl Chloroform HCFCs Methyl Bromide Destruction & Removal Efficiency (DRE) 99.99% 99.99% 99.99% 99.99% 99.99% 99.99% 99.99% 95% Argon Plasma Arc Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Cement Kilns Approved Not Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Chemical Reaction with H2 and CO2 Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Gas Phase Catalytic De-halogenation Approved Not Determined Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Gaseous/Fume Oxidation Approved Not Determined Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Inductively coupled radio frequency plasma Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Liquid Injection Incineration Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Microwave Plasma Approved Not Determined Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Approved Nitrogen Plasma Arc Approved Not Determined Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Porous Thermal Reactor Approved Not Determined Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Portable Plasma Arc Approved Not Determined Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Reactor Cracking Approved Not Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Rotary Kiln Incineration Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Approved Superheated steam reactor Approved Not Determined Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined Thermal Reaction with Methane Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Not Determined [1] UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/15.