The recovery and reclamation of refrigerants is a recommended method of reducing refrigerant emissions

which requires technical support and policies to stimulate the activity. In this study

the policies for supporting refrigerant recovery as well as the quantity of recovered refrigerants reported in Japan

EU

USA

and China are summarized and compared

and the working principles

advantages

disadvantages

and recommended application conditions of five representative recovery methods are described in detail. For the reclamation of refrigerants

the procedures and application conditions of two reclamation methods

that is

simple distillation and distillation refinement

are explained

and seven destruction methods for non-reclaimable refrigerants that need to be destroyed are described. At the end of this paper

the main problems regarding refrigerant recovery and reclamation in China are presented.