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June 19, 2005

 

Fluorocarbons Recovery from Scrapped Cars Estimated at 23%

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On December 24, 2004, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment released survey results on the recovery of fluorocarbons from car air conditioners (class-2 specified equipment) collected in fiscal 2003 in accordance with the Law Concerning the Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons (Fluorocarbon Recovery and Destruction Law). .

About 638 tons of fluorocarbons were recovered from car air conditioners in fiscal 2003. About 1.7 million car air conditioners were recovered from the estimated 4 million cars scrapped during the fiscal year, indicating a collection rate of around 42 percent based on the number of air conditioners. Meanwhile, the amount of actual fluorocarbons recovered is estimated at 23 percent of the refrigerant originally loaded into the air conditioners during manufacture (assuming 700 grams per car).

The ministry also released survey results on fluorocarbons recovered from commercial air conditioners and refrigerators (class-1 specified equipment) on November 19, 2004. The amount recovered from such equipment was 1,889 tons in fiscal 2003. As the equipment discarded during the fiscal year was estimated to have contained about 6,800 tons of fluorocarbon refrigerant in total, the collection rate is roughly calculated at 28 percent in terms of weight.

http://www.env.go.jp/en/laws/global/ozone1.pdf

Posted: 2005/06/19 10:24:01 PM
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