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14-06-2005, 10:53 AM #1
Disposal
Ive got some reclaimed refrigerant which requires to be disposed of correctly.
Do I refer to waste management companies like Biffa, Williams environmental, or are they other agencies who will take it off me?
Im in Leicestershire
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14-06-2005, 05:01 PM #2
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Just take it back to your refrigerant supplier who will arrange to have it incinerated - and charge you for the privilage
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14-06-2005, 07:12 PM #3
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If you deal with Refrigeration Parts Wholesale you purchase a 50 Kg cylinder for a one off fee of £150 + VAT, fill it up with any gas even mixtures, fill in the paperwork and return back to RPW and thats it! I did this recently with two 50 Kg cylinders with no problems what so ever and you can still charge the customer up to £4.50 per Kg for destruction if you wish.
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14-06-2005, 07:21 PM #4
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sell it on ebay.com
american kids love sniffin that sh1t by all accounts
cheers
richard
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14-06-2005, 07:22 PM #5
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Dear friend,
I suggest you dont try to distroy the refrigrant which his already produced try to re use the same gas some other application or give it to some one who will reuse it with out causing any harm to enviroment.
beni joseph,
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14-06-2005, 09:00 PM #6
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Hello Beni Joseph
After compresing gas into condensor and next day if unit behaved well it means flow rate of the gas is not proper or gas is mixed with some other gas or gas might be poorly recycled gas,
It is better to incinerate.IF AT FIRST YOU DON`T SUCCEED.
DESTROY ALL EVIDENCE THAT YOU TRIED!
and go get a cuppa
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15-06-2005, 12:36 PM #7
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The situation concerning waste refrigerant disposal is now part of new legislation in the UK.
Used, mixed and contaminated refrigerants in general are classified as Hazardous Waste along with CFCs.
Check the HMSO web site http://www.opsi.gov.uk/stat.htm Click on year 2005, then search for SI No; 895. Read the words in the front and then section 14.
SI 2005 / 894 is the new hazardous waste regulations.
DEFRA have information on their web site.
Basically, your customer has a duty of care to dispose of waste only through authorised and licensed handlers ? and this means you.
If you are taking charge of it you may need storage and transport licenses.
Like everything else in DEFRA concerning our industry it?s a grey area because you are not a professional waste handler, so do you need all the licenses?
To make life easier for small contractors, some suppliers of waste cylinders will offer a disposal service (for a fee) that includes extension of their licenses for transportation to their clients. Some big contractors carry licenses for their operatives. It?s worth checking what your supplier of refrigerants offers.
It?s a new and tricky area of legislation that covers oil and eutectic solutions as well as refrigerants ? I suggest you take advice. It won?t go away.
You MUST keep records and show that you passed it on to a licensed operator, and provide them for your clients.
Hope this helps
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universal health warehouseLast edited by Argus; 07-02-2011 at 08:21 AM.
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15-06-2005, 07:16 PM #8
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If you are taking charge of it you may need storage and transport licenses.
Like everything else in DEFRA concerning our industry it’s a grey area because you are not a professional waste handler, so do you need all the licenses?
Wierd isn't it?
I don't know how the current regs stand but I can't see much change.
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15-06-2005, 08:21 PM #9
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I thought you were allowed to carry either 1 or 2 `waste` categories on your van, counting reclaimed gas, waste oil, scrap copper, and any other items destined for the bin or proper disposal. Thats not including waste building material which you do need a special licience for.
IF AT FIRST YOU DON`T SUCCEED.
DESTROY ALL EVIDENCE THAT YOU TRIED!
and go get a cuppa
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15-06-2005, 08:32 PM #10
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I will pay 1GBP per 1 kg of used - not mixed, R12.
only in disposable containers.
Chemi
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15-06-2005, 09:22 PM #11
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[QUOTE=frank]Under the old BS4434 and waste handling regs, we as engineers, are allowed to take the reclaimed gas from the site to the waste disposal site on our vans without any license requirements. However, if we take the "waste" back to our yard and store it we must then be licensed to do so.
Times have changed, I?m afraid.
BS 4434 was withdrawn years ago in favour of EN 378, and in those days when it first came out there were no rules about disposal.
The hazardous waste regulations are EU rules now.
I think that the Environment Agency have been given teeth on this one.
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Honda VTR1000FLast edited by Argus; 07-02-2011 at 08:21 AM.
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15-06-2005, 10:58 PM #12
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I'm afraid i cant help as far as the regulations are concerned, but this is what i do.
When i need to reclaim gas, i go to Thermo, swm, kooltech..., wherever, and get a reclaim bottle.
reclaim the gas and charge the customer £xxx/kg.
Take the bottle back to the supplier, fill in the paperwork.
About 1 month later i get a bill for the gases destruction.
I have come to the conclusion that, i, can't know everything about the legalities of running a business like ours. So i put my trust in the wholesalers, to help me, to do the right thing.
hope this helps
cheers
eggs
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16-06-2005, 07:07 PM #13
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Originally Posted by chillin out
when no production or banned . then what?
recycle to 100% purity then use!
beni joseph
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16-06-2005, 07:36 PM #14
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If you are the person creating the waste, ie. recovering refrigerant, then you are allowed to transport it to a waste handling facility without a licence. If any third party is involved in the transport of the material then they require a licence. All recovered materials need certification which is supplied by the supplier of the recovery cylinders. NB. did you know that refrigeration oil is a hazardous material and should be drained from faulty compressors being returned / carried by third parties and disposed in the same manner as reclaimed refrigerant.
it's only a fridge, fix it. ;)
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16-06-2005, 11:40 PM #15
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Hi beni
If you are talking about R12 and the likes then no you shouldn`t be cleaning and re-useing.You should be using a drop-in gas and disposing of any banned substances properly.
After all, every system has leaks no matter how small. So in effect you are releasing the gas to the atmosphere, (which is obviously bad if they have been banned).IF AT FIRST YOU DON`T SUCCEED.
DESTROY ALL EVIDENCE THAT YOU TRIED!
and go get a cuppa
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19-06-2005, 11:06 PM #16
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Originally Posted by Andy WBrian - Newton Abbot, Devon, UK
Retired March 2015
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19-06-2005, 11:42 PM #17
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Hi Brian
Make sure that you are allowed to carry a cylinder that size in your vehicle first.
IF AT FIRST YOU DON`T SUCCEED.
DESTROY ALL EVIDENCE THAT YOU TRIED!
and go get a cuppa
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20-06-2005, 06:11 AM #18
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Originally Posted by chillin out
cheers
richard
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20-06-2005, 04:44 PM #19
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Originally Posted by chillin out
Category 3 - Non-flammable or non-toxic gas (Oxygen, nitrogen and general refrigerants (NOT hydrocarbons) is 25 litres with a total load of 500 litres.
Category 2, Flammables is 10 litres, max 200 litres.
So, in theory, you cannot use a 50kg cylinder in your normal car/van or whatever unless you fulfill the requirements of the Act.
Also, of course, you shouldn't be lifting anything that heavy, H&SBrian - Newton Abbot, Devon, UK
Retired March 2015
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21-06-2005, 08:19 PM #20
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Hey all
We use HRP for our reclaim bottles who take them away when they are full. I always thought that the reasoning behind not reclaiming different refrigerants into the same reclaim bottle was so that the none CFC refrigerants could be filtered and re-used.
I always mark up bottles that have a chance of being contanimated " refrigerant to be sent for destruction".
Neil
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22-06-2005, 12:18 AM #21
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We carry 5 different gases on the van totaling 9 altogether(several of each types). No way am I going to carry 5 reclaims as well, 1 does all.
You may say this is not planet friendly but it gets incinerated anyway.
And lets be honest if you carry reclaims for each gas and all are pure with there specific gas and then you come accross another type that you dont usually use, what are you going to do with a mere 200 grams of it? spoil your pure bottles or put it in a tesco bag?
The only problem with mixing gases is you will have odd pressures and you might not be able to fill it fully.
IF AT FIRST YOU DON`T SUCCEED.
DESTROY ALL EVIDENCE THAT YOU TRIED!
and go get a cuppa
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22-06-2005, 07:54 PM #22
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Has anyone had to recover R410a yet?
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23-06-2005, 11:05 AM #23
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Originally Posted by chillin out
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23-06-2005, 11:50 AM #24
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Originally Posted by Johnny Rod
Quite right and welcome to the forum.
Additionally, you can do it yourself if you have the equipment. Some reclamation units now available have the facility to clean pure refrigerants to a high specification.
The problem arises when you have blends that are outside proportional tolerances. If there is a significant quantity and it is uncontaminated, many refrigerant processors are able to readjust the mixture to its original spec. How much it costs and who retains ownership is a contractual detail between you, your customer (usually the owner of the stuff in the first place) and the processor.
Where there are other substances, either refrigerant compounds or non-condensable gases, mixed in then the mixture has to be destroyed.
CFCs are now banned in the EU and must be sent for destruction whatever their condition. As soon as they are taken out of the system they are hazardous wastes, (at least they will be after July 16 in the UK).
What continues to excite most visitors to this forum is the continued grey area of knowledge surrounding refrigerants under the new hazardous waste regulations.
Refrigerants and oils are definitely listed in the hazardous waste list.
Users and handlers must understand the risks of not complying with the new laws.
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Honda C77Last edited by Argus; 07-02-2011 at 08:21 AM.
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23-06-2005, 07:34 PM #25
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I believe you can also get a credit for uncontaminated gas returned (?)
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24-06-2005, 11:06 AM #26
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We still get credit
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26-10-2010, 07:08 PM #27
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here is ebay's policy on ***** sales
pages.ebay.com/help/policies/hazardous-materials.html
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