Four specialist fridge recyclers have written to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) arguing that fridges gassed with pentane should be recycled under the same legislation that ...

Recyclers have claimed that a change in Environment Agency guidance stating that pentane fridges must be treated as hazardous waste, has lead to a shortage of capacity at fridge recycling plants. This ...

"Manufacturers should, and generally do, build in a period for off-gassing that will reduce the amount of pentane within the EPS foam before shipping," it says. "Despite this, residual amounts of ...