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11.3 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
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Laws governing the use of substances detrimental to the ozone layer prohibit the dispersal of refrigerant gases
in the environment, obliging users to recover refrigerants at the end of their useful life and consign them to the
dealer or to specific collection centres.
Refrigerant R407C is mentioned among substances subject to special monitoring regimes established by law,
and as such they are subject to the prescriptions indicated above.
Use special care during maintenance work in order to limit the risk
of refrigerant leakage as far as possible.
12. DECOMMISSIONING THE UNIT
When the unit has reached the end of its useful life and must therefore be removed and replaced, adhere to
the following rules:
– the refrigerant must be recovered by a qualified technician and sent to an authorised collection centre;
– also the compressor lubrication oil must be recovered and sent to a collection centre;
– the structure and components, if unusable, must be stripped down and separated according to the material
type; this is particularly important for copper and aluminium, which are fairly abundant on the machine.
This procedure is designed to assist the work of collection, disposal, and recovery specialists and to reduce the
associated environmental impact.
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