I did read recently that many refrigerators with the old ***** were being shipped to Namibia (or someplace in Africa) and being sold at low prices. The concern is that all that ***** will escape down there and enter the atmosphere.
In the end, most of the CFCs produced will eventually end up in the atmosphere. Current economics, however, have slowed this process down. It may be illegal to release R-12 to the atmosphere in most developed countries. But more importantly, it's also getting way too expensive...