Ben & Jerry’s Cleaner Greener Freezer

Ben & Jerry’s new in-store freezers do not use hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as refrigerants anymore.  Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), is the type of greenhouse gas that packs 1,400 times the global warming impact of more-common CO2.  The new “greenfreezer” uses Hydrocarbons instead of the old HFCs. Ben & Jerry’s have become climate-friendly thanks to the new technology that is harmless to the ozone.  The Environmental Protection Agency had not allowed the technology in the U.S. before, despite its inclusion in over 300 million refrigerators elsewhere around the world.

Greenpeace researchers in Germany first developed the precursor to the climate-friendly freezer in the early 1990s when it became clear that HFCs, which the chemical industry had marketed as a safe alternative to ozone depleting clouroflourocarbons (CFCs), were accelerating global warming.

“This climate-safe freezer will keep pints of Chunky Monkey and Cherry Garcia as cold as ever, but it’s also going to help cool our planet,” said John Passacantando, Executive Director of Greenpeace USA. “With hurricanes intensifying, tropical disease spreading, sea levels rising, and polar bears going extinct, we need to make sure that what cools our ice cream, drinks, and homes isn’t also melting the ice caps.”

Ben & Jerry’s cleaner, greener, freezer is eco-friendly and climate safe.  They are now a Green Earth Friend!