IraHayes wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:50 am I would agree with your assessment though and it would be nice if the OP were to post the occasional update as to how his research is going and what he discovers.

Will do!

Whether or not the refrigerant is recycled I would suspect is mainly going to depend on who does the recycling. Refrigerant is expensive, so if a technician pulls the unit and replaces it with a new model, then it very likely will have the refrigerant removed before it is scrapped. If the unit is p...

Excuse my ignorance, but how are these gases collected or re-used? I was under the impression that they just leaked out as soon as there was a crack somewhere? They can be sold to reclaimers who purify it and can use it in new devices. In developed countries this is typically done with larger insta...

I'm interested in how refrigerators and air conditioners are disposed of - short version, the refrigerant they contain is a potent greenhouse gas and usually the refrigerant is emitted into the atmosphere when the device is sold for scrap. So I'm trying to learn about the bulk waste ecosystem in Ca...

If you look into the refrigerator and air conditioner industry, you are going go find they don't understand or care any more. If you want to introduce any new procedure which will cost money, they wont want to spend the money. Thanks for the perspective! Specifically for these bulk devices I suspec...

That's very helpful, thanks Ira. I do think I will need a guide/translator, do you have any advice on how to find such a person?

Hello expats! I'll be arriving in Cambodia next week to do some research and I'm wondering if anyone here is able to help me. I'm interested in how refrigerators and air conditioners are disposed of - short version, the refrigerant they contain is a potent greenhouse gas and usually the refrigerant ...