World Ozone Day: EU continues to phase out ozone-depleting gases

September 16 is World Ozone Day on the occasion of the Montreal Protocol on the Phase Out of Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (ODS) harmful to the environment. Consumption of ozone-depleting substances covered by the Montreal Protocol fell by around 99 % in the EU and worldwide from 1986 to 2023. The remaining 1 % reflects some industrial process, fire fighting, laboratory and analytical uses where alternatives are not yet widely available. (More on eea.europa.eu)