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GreenChill Partnership
GreenChill welcomes Meijer as the newest member to the GreenChill
Partnership!
GreenChill is an EPA Partnership with food retailers to reduce refrigerant emissions and decrease their impact on the ozone layer and climate change.
GreenChill works to help food retailers:
- Transition to environmentally friendlier refrigerants;
- Lower refrigerant charge sizes and eliminate leaks; and
- Adopt green refrigeration technologies and best environmental practices.
The GreenChill Partnership has three main programs that help food retailers reduce their refrigerant emissions:
- The Food Retailer Corporate Emissions Reduction Program
- The Store Certification Program for Advanced Refrigeration
- The Advanced Refrigeration Promotion Program
Recent News 
- Supermarket News: Meijer Joins EPA’s GreenChill Partnership
- Supermarket News: Weis Stores Get Silver GreenChill Certificates
- The Sacramento Bee: Six Stater Bros. Supermarkets Earn EPA Awards for Earth Friendly Refrigeration Systems
- District Court for the Southern District of Florida Press Release: International Product Support Company Senior Vice President Pleads Guilty to the Illegal Purchase and Sale of Smuggled Ozone-Depleting Refrigerant Gas
- Supermarket News: Refrigeration Systems Chillin’ with Carbon Dioxide
- Supermarket News: Sobeys Shows How to Forestall Climate Change
- Supermarket News: CO2: Refrigerant of the Future?
- GreenChill Credited for Refrigerant Leak Reduction
GreenChill is recognized as a "Bright Idea" by Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Bright Ideas is an initiative that recognizes creative and promising government programs and partnerships. For more information, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School’s website.
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