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Zone Change in the Air PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN AUSTRALIA IN PHASING OUT THE USE OF CFCs; The aerosol industry is voluntarily replacing CFCs with hydrocarbons, except for a few aerosols used in medical treatment, by the end of this year. Consump- tion is expected to fall from 4,500 tonnes in 1988 to almost nothing by 1990, and all use of CFCs in aerosols has been banned in Australia from the end of this year. Last June buyers for 700 NSW and Victorian supermarkets decided to voluntarily ban any new products containing CFCs or halons. Composite Buyers Ltd, which supplies Tuckerbag, Payless, Rite-way, Goodfellows, MFC and Budget Rite super- on