Thank you for joining us!

We’re grateful to all who joined us for a highly engaging and timely conversation on the essential role of refrigerant recovery in climate action. This webinar convened experts across reclaim, destruction, and digital infrastructure to explore how recovery underpins every major pathway in refrigerant lifecycle management from emissions reduction and carbon accounting to procurement standards and policy development.

Expert Panelists Included:

Adam Dykstra from FMHero – Digital tools that empower recovery across portfolios

Raymond Rieling from Tradewater – Destruction credits and high-impact carbon metrics

Kirk Reimer from Hudson Technologies – Market-based reclaim and supply insights

What We Covered:

🔧 Recovery as the Enabler of Downstream Action

Panelists emphasized that without proper refrigerant recovery, neither destruction nor reclaim markets can function effectively. Recovery serves as the critical gateway to capturing high-GWP gases before they’re illegally vented or mismanaged. This foundational step enables verified climate outcomes, especially in the transition from virgin refrigerants to circular, lower-impact alternatives.

♻️ Reclaim and Market-Based Programs

Hudson Technologies shared insights into how refrigerant reclaim not only reduces environmental impact but also supports supply chain stability in a regulatory landscape that’s increasingly phasing down HFCs. Their work highlights the growing need for market-based programs and incentives that reward the use of recovered refrigerants and ensure quality standards across the supply chain.

🔥 Destruction Credits and Carbon Impact

Tradewater presented the case for refrigerant destruction when reclaim is not viable. Their carbon market-based model quantifies the massive climate benefit of safely destroying refrigerants that would otherwise remain unaccounted for or be released illegally. They also discussed the importance of integrating destruction data into corporate carbon reporting and embodied carbon frameworks, particularly for EPDs and Scope 3 inventories.

📲 Data Infrastructure and Field Tools

FMHero demonstrated how digital tools are modernizing refrigerant management—from field technician workflows to enterprise-level inventory tracking. Their platforms help ensure that recovery events are captured accurately, documented efficiently, and aligned with compliance standards. By bridging the gap between service teams and sustainability reporting, FMHero supports a scalable foundation for lifecycle refrigerant management (LRM).

⚖️ Policy Alignment + Future Levers

The group also reflected on the policy environment, including opportunities to align recovery incentives with AIM Act implementation, state climate plans, and the upcoming OEWG meetings under the Montreal Protocol. Several speakers noted the importance of corporate leadership and voluntary programs in shaping the future of refrigerant stewardship.

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