Coke Rolled Out ‘Green’ Coolers At Olympics

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August 25, 2008

Coca-Cola company recently announced that all coolers and vending machines provided by Coca-Cola for the Beijing 2008 Olympic games were “green.” More than 5,600 “eKOfresh” units are free of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the greenhouse gases commonly used as refrigerants and as blowing agents in insulation foam. Some potent HFCs are 11,700 times more harmful than CO2 emissions.

As part of the company’s effort to reduce the environmental impact of refrigeration, it has been working to cut emissions from both the refrigerant gas and the insulation foam used in the cooling system. The company has also made refrigeration equipments….

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