Slow progress with halon phase-out despite 2003 deadline

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Under an EU Regulation, fire extinguishers containing halons had to be decommissioned by the end of 2003. But nothing like the expected amounts have come forward for destruction - begging questions about where they have gone, and potentially undermining a new destruction plant in County Durham.

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