IT IS ILLEGAL TO RELEASE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE Environmental Services: and offer Complete Refrigerant Lifecycle Stewardship A-GAS provides customers with the necessary means to be able to meet the requirements of SANS 10147:2009 standards pertaining to refrigerant reclamation and . As stated in the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act (39/2004): Regulations regarding the phasing-out and management of ozone-depleting substances 37621, it is ILLEGAL to release refrigerant into the atmosphere. Our services include the supply of recovery and pump down cylinders/drums, purity testing of refrigerant as well as a management program. Packaging Refrigerant Buyback A-GAS provides a fleet of dedicated recovery and pump Program down cylinders with specialised valve technology. Contact A-GAS for This allows engineers to retrieve waste refrigerant in a further details. Terms safe and environmentally responsible manner. and conditions apply. We have 8kg and 45kg cylinders as well as 850kg drums. The cylinders are available on a rental basis. METRACLARK provides dedicated recovery and pump down cylinders to customers as requested.

Paperwork Certification METRACLARK will provide their A-GAS will issue customers with an Environmental a certificate to Services Request Form which is to be the customer completed by the customer. Recovery cylinder which ensures One copy is kept by the customer traceability of and another copy is returned to the returned METRACLARK with the pump down or refrigerant. recovery cylinder.

Laboratory Customers Returned cylinders are sent to the laboratory at A-GAS. Customers must ensure that the cylinder number is The A-GAS laboratory is fully clearly stated on their ES Request Form. This is in order equipped to check to ensure full traceability of the cylinder. for moisture, residues, non- condensables and acidity The form and the cylinder must be returned to to ensure refrigerant, after METRACLARK at the same time. cleaning, complies with AHRI 700 standards and therefore can be classified under SANS 10147:2009 as ‘reclaimed’. Returns METRACLARK returns customer recovery and pump Pump down cylinder down cylinders to A-GAS together with the relevant completed ES Request Forms:

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