Common use of End-of-Life Management Clause in Contracts

End-of-Life Management. In the mitigation scenarios developed, it is assumed that end-of-life measures require the shortest lead-times and can be initiated as early as 2012, with full implementation in place by 2014. The products and equipment targeted are as follows: ▪ All appliances (domestic refrigerators, freezers and water heaters) ▪ Vending machines and commercial refrigeration equipment ▪ PU Steel-Faced Panels ▪ Other insulating foams used in buildings. For the appliances, vending machines and commercial refrigeration sectors, two scenarios have been assumed, one in which 100% of units are successfully managed (the technical potential) and one in which 50% of appliances are successfully managed. The latter is seen as the more realistic worst-case scenario, although something between the two should be achievable based on European and Japanese experience. For building insulation, the PU Steel-Faced Panel scenario evaluates 100% recovery and destruction (the technical potential) in isolation. This is then combined with 50% recovery from other insulating foams used in buildings. Finally, a more realistic worst- case is modeled where 25% of general building insulation and 50% of panels are assumed to be managed at end-of-life.

End-of-Life Management. In the mitigation scenarios developed, it is assumed that end-of-life measures require the shortest lead-times and can be initiated as early as 2012, with full implementation in place by 2014. The products and equipment targeted are as follows: ▪  All appliances (domestic refrigerators, freezers and water heaters) ▪  Vending machines and commercial refrigeration equipment ▪  PU Steel-Faced Panels ▪  Other insulating foams used in buildings. For the appliances, vending machines and commercial refrigeration sectors, two scenarios have been assumed, one in which 100% of units are successfully managed (the technical potential) and one in which 50% of appliances are successfully managed. The latter is seen as the more realistic worst-case scenario, although something between the two should be achievable based on European and Japanese experience. For building insulation, the PU Steel-Faced Panel scenario evaluates 100% recovery and destruction (the technical potential) in isolation. This is then combined with 50% recovery from other insulating foams used in buildings. Finally, a more realistic worst- case is modeled where 25% of general building insulation and 50% of panels are assumed to be managed at end-of-life.