How should HCFC refrigerants be disposed of?
Recovered HCFC refrigerants should be sent to an EPA-certified refrigerant reclaimer. Only EPA-certified reclaimers may reclaim and sell used refrigerants to a new owner. Technicians and contractors may also send HCFC refrigerants to be destroyed. HCFCs and other controlled substances that are destroyed must be completely destroyed at a destruction efficiency of 98% or greater, by using one of the approved destruction technologies. In the United States, incineration technologies are most commonly used for this purpose.
