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This technical explainer by RMI analyzes the voluntary carbon market (VCM) for ozone-depleting substances (ODS) recovery and destruction credits. It details how these projects provide high-additionality climate benefits by permanently destroying potent greenhouse gases like CFCs, while identifying significant logistical, legal, and technical barriers to scaling, particularly in developing nations.

The Interlinked ODS Phase-out Activities Handbook provides guidance for government officers to reduce the demand for ozone-depleting refrigerants in the servicing sector through coordinated stakeholder activities.

This 1994 case study by the World Resources Institute examines AT&T's transition toward proactive environmental and safety management, focusing on the application of Total Quality Management (TQM) to pollution prevention. It details the company's corporate goals to phase out ozone-depleting substances and reduce toxic emissions, specifically highlighting a project at the Columbus Works facility in Ohio to eliminate 1,1,1 trichloroethane (TCA) through process redesign and chemical substitution.

Natural Justice submitted a series of proposed amendments to the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) regarding the review of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Controlled Substances) Regulations, 2007. The submissions focus on increasing transparency, strengthening enforcement through monetary penalties and deposit bonds, and aligning national lists of ozone-depleting substances with international standards set by the Montreal Protocol and the Vienna Convention.