EPA Rule Seeks To Boost Reclaimed HFCs, But Narrows Some Mandates

EPA’s final rule governing the recycling and reclamation of climate-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) will require the use of reclaimed HFCs when servicing many types of equipment, even as the agency accepted industry calls to scrap proposed mandates to charge new appliances with reclaimed products and track HFC transports. Broadly, EPA’s Sept. 23 rule seeks to boost reclamation and recycling efforts for HFCs to complement the agency’s broader program sharply phasing down production of virgin HFCs, often used in refrigeration and air-conditioning...