Gold Coast City Council Vendor Status.
Carbon Collectors are proud to announce our association with Gold Coast City Council, having recently been accepted as a Vendor. Ian Aves from Gold Coast City Council has been instrumental in establishing a refrigerant recovery team within the Council and they have been actively recovering refrigerant from end-of-life refrigerated appliances discarded by the public at all of their Waste Recycling Centres. Due to the overwhelming demand at these facilities, Carbon Collectors will be operating in conjunction with their recovery team, predominantly recovering refrigerant from split system condensing units and RAC type airconditioning systems.
In our first 10 days of operation across 6 of their facilities we recovered a total of 125Kg of Ozone Depleting and Synthetic Greenhouse Gases HCFC R22, CFC R12, HFC R410A and HFC R134A from 408 appliances, this brings our current refrigerant recovered total to 225Kg from 1123 Appliances since commencing operations, preventing the equivalent of up to 450 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide from entering our atmosphere.
Some of these recycling facilities average 80 fridges per week, as well as other types of split, mobile and window type airconditioning systems and refrigerated water-coolers are also popular discarded items. It is pleasing to see that most discarded appliances still have their refrigerant charge intact, which shows that people are aware and doing the right thing when it comes to disconnection, transportation and disposal of their refrigerated end-of-life appliances.
All split system type airconditioning systems should have their gas charge recovered by a qualified person before disconnection of the pipework, if recovery is not achievable then the system must be “pumped-down” so that all of the refrigerant is trapped into the outdoor condensing unit, a procedure which should also be carried out by a qualified person. It is illegal for anyone to deliberately discharge refrigerant gases to the atmosphere and heavy fines apply to those convicted of such unlawful and environmentally damaging acts.
Carbon Collectors can provide these recovery or pump-down de-commissioning services affordably and professionally in your home or at your workplace. Our qualified and licensed technicians will effectively remove all refrigerant from your end-of-life equipment and carry out disconnection of the pipework, including removal of equipment from site if required.
Give Jon Morgan a call on 0400 832 469 to discuss your needs