P. M. BRIEFING : Toyota to Stop Using CFCs by ’95
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TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp., Japan’s largest auto manufacturer, said today that it will stop using chlorofluorocarbons, the gases blamed for destroying the Earth’s protective ozone layer.
Toyota spokesman Anthony McMillan said that by 1995, the company will stop using the gas for cleaning and cooling during the manufacturing process.
Toyota used 2,800 tons of CFCs during 1988, he said. The Toyota group, which includes affiliated parts suppliers, used 9,500 tons last year, McMillan said.
Nippondenso Co., a major producer of electronic parts and a member of the Toyota group, also has agreed to stop using CFCs, he said.
Toyota’s announcement follows decisions by Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co., Japan’s second- and third-largest auto makers respectively, to cease using the gas by the mid-1990s.
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