The Coca-Cola Co. has announced it plans to have 100,000 hydrofluorocarbon-free refrigerators and vending machines operating around the world by 2010.

For the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, Coca-Cola, along with othe global compnaies such as Unilever and McDonald's, Greenpeace and the United Nations Environment Program, created the Refrigerants Naturally coalition to eliminate the use of HFCs.

Coca-Cola used HFC-free machines for the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2006 World Cup. The company has committed to using only HFC-free coolers for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. For the event, Coca-Cola will deploy more than 6,300 units that have HFC-free insulation and refrigerant along with technology to make them 35 percent more energy efficient than previous vending machines.