ORGLIST:Freon destruction

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I found David Naugler's  reply to your question to be most unsettling.
Little if any of the Freon will be consumed by soil microbes.  Most will eventually
wind up in the Earth's stratosphere, helping to destroy our protective ozone layer.
 
Since Freons are no longer produced there is quite a market for reclaimed material
to fulfil "indispensible" needs.  The market value of some of these Freons is over
$200/Kg.  If you have any appreciable quantity, contact a recycler of these gasses
and they will buy what you have.  They also have portable equipment which can drain
these freons from old refrigeration equipment, preventing release into the environment
when the units are dismantled or crushed at the junkyard.
 
--- Paul Krebaum