Refrigerant as a circular resource in Europe
𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸: 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱.
Under the F-Gas framework, reclaimed refrigerants are becoming an increasingly important component of supply.
I tried to summarise some structural aspects of refrigerant reclaiming and recovery networks in the European market.
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𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, in 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮 and 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆, point to a broader change in refrigerant-market control.
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