Customs Authorities bag over 100 tonnes of illegal refrigerants.

OVER 108 tonnes of illegal refrigerant has been seized by customs officers around the world in a special operation code-named Sky-hole Patching II. The joint operation by the World Customs Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) over a six month period ending in November led to the confiscation of more than 7,500 cylinders [...] Read more »

R22 The Facts

1. CONTINUED USE OF HCFCs The phase out dates remain unchanged: from 1st January 2010 it is illegal to use virgin HCFCs to service RAC equipment. This ban applies even if HCFC was purchased before the ban date. It is illegal to stockpile and use any supplies of virgin HCFCs after the end of 2009. [...] Read more »