The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned appliance repair technicians who fail to acquire certification for working on refrigerators that they will be prohibited from practicing.
The Director in charge of Ozone Layer and Climate Change, Joseph Amankwa Baffoe, noted that lack of proper training could lead technicians to emit harmful gases like Chlorofluorocarbon into the atmosphere, significantly contributing to the depletion of the ozone layer.
He spoke on the sidelines after engaging with students in the Eastern Region, emphasizing the importance of education in environmental stewardship. "We want the school children to understand what ozone layer is, what causes it to deplete and the consequences thereof and our collective responsibility to ensure that we do not get overwhelmed by the challenge, " Mr Baffoe said.
The engagement with support from the United Nations Development Programme aims to raise sustainable awareness about the causes of ozone layer depletion and its dire consequences. "Every year, September 16 is World Ozone day, this year our focus is on students in second cycle schools, we want them to understand and inform others and keep as they grow up.