With climate change high on the agenda, what are companies doing to make energy efficient fridge freezers without the use of greenhouse gases?

You now make a significant contribution to reducing environmental impact by considering both energy use and coolant gases when buying a new fridge freezer.

It includes:

• ethical and environmental ratings for 25 fridge freezers
• Best Buy recommendations
• what the various energy use labels and logos mean and how they help you to find an energy efficient fridge freezer
• the key criteria of the EU Ecolabel and which brands have been awarded it
• what global warming coolant gases are used in fridge freezers
• which coolant gases do less harm to the environment and what brands use them
• how to reuse or recycle your old fridge freezer
• green and energy saving tips for buying and using a fridge freezer
• how to do without a fridge freezer

Most of the companies in the report specialise in white goods but there are one or two notable exceptions. The Wallenberg family, which controls Electrolux, has fingers in dam building, military and nuclear pies, as does the US company General Electric which part owns Hotpoint and Creda, and Bosch and Siemens who have a joint venture on household appliances...

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