Tag: refrigerant reclaim australia

Changes to the RRA board of directors

Refrigerant Reclaim Australia (RRA) recently underwent a significant leadership transition, with John McCormack stepping down as chair and Kevin O’Shea resigning from the position of secretary and treasurer. Their combined efforts have significantly advanced RRA’s goal of reducing emissions in the HVAC sector and promoting environmental stewardship within the refrigerant industry.  Continue reading Changes to the RRA board of directors

Results from the 2022-2023 motor vehicle refrigerant survey are in, suggesting a bit of a bounce-back for hydrocarbon refrigerant usage – although participation in the survey was higher with 548 vehicles analysed compared with 500 last year.  Continue reading HC bounceback detected in 2022-2023 vehicle refrigerant survey

Refrigerant Reclaim Australia general manager Kylie Farrelley

Refrigerant Reclaim Australia general manager Kylie Farrelley has been selected to serve on a prominent Montreal Protocol committee after a rigorous global search conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). She has been appointed to the esteemed UNEP Refrigeration, A/C, and Heat Pumps Technical Options Committee (RTOC), which plays a pivotal role in providing … Continue reading UNEP selects RRA GM Kylie Farrelley to serve on Montreal Protocol committee

Refrigerant specialist A-Gas will soon launch an end-of-life refrigerant destruction facility serving Australia and New Zealand, based on the latest version of its proprietary PyroPlas technology that uses an argon plasma arc to destroy fluorocarbons and other waste products with a claimed minimum efficiency of 99.9999 per cent. The new-generation PyroPlas units that will be … Continue reading A-Gas to enter refrigerant destruction business in Australia and New Zealand

An indictment on the slow uptake of R1234yf in vehicles exported to Australia is that the same number of cars were found to have a full charge of R12 – banned since the mid-1990s – as were running YF in the latest annual mobile air-conditioning survey report produced by Refrigerant Reclaim Australia (RRA). Produced using … Continue reading Slow YF uptake and poor refrigerant recovery rates are cause for concern

RRA Gas seeker artwork

Refrigerant Reclaim Australia (RRA) is more than tripling the rebate for recovered ozone-depleting and synthetic greenhouse gas refrigerant, with the launch of its ‘Gas Seeker’ initiative. From January 1 to June 30 2021, the rebate will increase from $3 per kg to $10 per kg when the recovered refrigerant is returned to your local gas supplier (limitations and T&Cs … Continue reading Refrigerant Reclaim Australia boosts recovered refrigerant rebate from $3 per kg to $10 per kg

Airgas refrigerant recycling

International study rates Australian stewardship Australia leads the world for refrigerant management but the UK has the highest refrigerant recovery rate, according to a research report published recently by the US Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). Billed as the biggest attempt ever to determine the refrigerant ‘lay of the land’ on a global scale, … Continue reading Australia leads the world at refrigerant management

Australians have known it for years, but it has taken San Francisco based environmental consultancy EOS Climate to alert the rest of the world that refrigerant reclamation and recycling is an important strategy for reducing the impact of high global warming potential gases on Earth’s atmosphere. “With relatively small changes in practices and little if … Continue reading US report highlights importance of refrigerant recycling