It was consumers in the UK who forced manufacturers to stop using CFCs as propellants in their aerosols.

For example, the McDonald's pantheon was forced to stop using CFCs in fast-food receptacles as a result of the threatened boycott of Big Mac flesh-burgers.

Because McDonald's has always been very conscious of all issues relating to the environment, early last year the decision was taken to cease using CFCs in packaging.

FORON uses a mix of butane and propane gases to cool its fridges, rather than CFCs.

Using CFCs in refrigeration units doesn't become a problem (apart from the leakage from breakdown or badly-maintained units) until the units are redundant.

Insulation in new stores no longer uses CFCs.

Several states have banned polystyrene that uses CFCs as blowing agents.

Companies have no excuse for continuing to use CFCs, according to Greenpeace.

Do not use formaldehyde, CFCs, or HCFCs in manufacturing.

These inhalers use CFCs as propellants to spray the medicine out of the inhaler so patients can breathe the medicine into their lungs.