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Hot news from the Shigatsu Ichi in Japan:
Hydrocarbon refrigerants to be banned with immediate effect.
Technicians in Osaka and Akita, Japan have linked the refrigerant gases used in most of today’s fridges and freezers to several health and environmental issues and have asked the Japanese government to implement an immediate ban of its use. The EEC are to issue a similar ban later today. The most common of these effected is known as R600A and has been used in appliances for over 5 years.
A spokesperson for one of Europe’s major appliance manufacturers issued the following statement:
“This is a very serious development and we have ceased production of all appliances using this refrigerant and have set in motion a major operation to remove this refrigerant from existing appliances. Working in conjunction with our service agents, we intend to remove the R600a gas from appliances and replace it with an as yet unknown replacement, probably the previously phased out R12. Obviously we have not budgeted for such an extreme operation but trust that our loyal service agents will agree to carry out this work at a vastly reduced rate.”
It is anticipated there will be a huge demand for older appliances which used alternative refrigerants and a major waste management company in Berlin today announced that they are to stop disposal of old fridges and instead move into the recondition/resale of old appliances.
There have already been reported sightings of unmarked vans collecting dumped fridges from a council estate in Leeds, probably to be re gassed and re sold.Re: R600A to be banned!
When I first saw the title of this post I thought the user R600A had been a naughty boy 😉
Can this story be verified officially 😆
Joestrummer, do you have a website or similar this story came from, it really should be front page news I think, it’s a rather important announcement considering the date
Dave.
Re: R600A to be banned!
JoeStrummer wrote:Hot news from the Shigatsu Ichi in Japan:
Hydrocarbon refrigerants to be banned with immediate effect.
Technicians in Osaka and Akita, Japan have linked the refrigerant gases used in most of today’s fridges and freezers to several health and environmental issues and have asked the Japanese government to implement an immediate ban of its use. The EEC are to issue a similar ban later today. The most common of these effected is known as R600A and has been used in appliances for over 5 years.
A spokesperson for one of Europe’s major appliance manufacturers issued the following statement:
“This is a very serious development and we have ceased production of all appliances using this refrigerant and have set in motion a major operation to remove this refrigerant from existing appliances. Working in conjunction with our service agents, we intend to remove the R600a gas from appliances and replace it with an as yet unknown replacement, probably the previously phased out R12. Obviously we have not budgeted for such an extreme operation but trust that our loyal service agents will agree to carry out this work at a vastly reduced rate.”
It is anticipated there will be a huge demand for older appliances which used alternative refrigerants and a major waste management company in Berlin today announced that they are to stop disposal of old fridges and instead move into the recondition/resale of old appliances.
There have already been reported sightings of unmarked vans collecting dumped fridges from a council estate in Leeds, probably to be re gassed and re sold.Joe, try getting hold of my left leg and pull that one. It’s the one with the bell attached
wcdaRe: R600A to be banned!
Dave it looks like we’ve just been tangoed, check the date of joe’s post.
Nice one Joe 😆 😆
Del
Re: R600A to be banned!
Del wrote:Dave it looks like we’ve just been tangoed, check the date of joe’s post.l
😳 Yes I was, it was a bit early when I posted that.
Dave.
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