Editing Chlorofluorocarbon (section)

====Regulatory gap====
While the production and consumption of CFCs are regulated under the Montreal Protocol, emissions from existing banks of CFCs are not regulated under the agreement. In 2002, there were an estimated 5,791 kilotons of CFCs in existing products such as refrigerators, air conditioners, aerosol cans and others.<ref>Campbell, Nick ''et al.'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20140923002205/http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/special-reports/sroc/sroc11.pdf "HFCs and PFCs: Current and Future Supply, Demand and Emissions, plus Emissions of CFCs, HCFCs and Halons"], Ch. 11 in ''IPCC/TEAP Special Report: Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System''</ref> Approximately one-third of these CFCs are projected to be emitted over the next decade{{when|date=March 2024}} if action is not taken, posing a threat to both the ozone layer and the climate.<ref>[http://www.eesi.org/100209_cfc Chlorofluorocarbons: An Overlooked Climate Threat, EESI Congressional Briefing]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204120541/http://www.eesi.org/100209_cfc |date=2009-12-04 }}. Eesi.org. Retrieved on 24 September 2011.</ref> A proportion of these CFCs can be safely captured and destroyed by means of high temperature, controlled incineration which destroys the CFC molecule.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The cool way to destroy CFCs |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14920143-600-the-cool-way-to-destroy-cfcs/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US}}</ref>