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General Information
Freon and other chloro-fluorocarbons (CFCs) are found in compressor oil used in refrigeration and cooling systems. These gases cannot be vented or evaporated into the air since they damage the ozone layer. CFCs must be recycled, either at your site or by an approved recycler. Freon filters must be handled as a hazardous waste as well.
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Management Practices
- If you use more than one type of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), don't mix them together.
- If you do off-site recycling of CFCs used in cooling, you are required to follow hazardous (dangerous) waste transportation requirements.
- If you use CFC-containing solvent, the spent solvent must always be handled as dangerous waste (even when recycled).
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