We collect your recovered refrigerant.
Installers are busy with their customers, not with the rules around recovered gas. We take that off your hands: collection by licensed carriers, the paperwork handled and the gas delivered to an accredited processor. Small or large: if it fits a route, we collect it.
- No lot too small, as long as the route allows
- Waste stream number and consignment note arranged
- Clarity upfront for every lot, no surprises
Anyone with recovered refrigerant, one aim: the gas ends up in the right place.
Installers and service companies
Full recovery cylinders or returned cylinders with residual gas? We collect, handle the paperwork and make sure the gas reaches an accredited processor.
View →Owners and facility managers
Replacing or removing a system? We handle the gas, the paperwork and a statement for your logbook.
View →Reclaim plants
More feedstock, with origin and paperwork in order. We aggregate recovered refrigerant from across the chain.
View →From full cylinder to completed disposal in four steps.
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Tell us
Send a photo of the label and the weight, and tell us where it is. By WhatsApp, phone or the form.
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Each lot assessed
Gas type, purity, quantity and location set the price. You know where you stand upfront. We only schedule once you agree.
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Collection
A licensed carrier collects the cylinders with a consignment note. The recovery itself is always done by an F-gas certified technician.
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Wrap-up
The processor weighs and analyses the gas. You receive the statement and the paperwork for your records.
Recovered refrigerant gains value every year.
Europe allows less new refrigerant every year, but systems running older gases keep going and need servicing. For that, more and more often only reclaimed gas is allowed. The gas coming out of systems today is tomorrow's supply, provided it reaches a processor with the right paperwork.
- 2025
Topping up refrigeration equipment with virgin refrigerant with a GWP of 2500 or more is banned. Recycled or reclaimed refrigerant remains allowed until 2030.
- 2026
The same ban applies to air conditioning and heat pumps. Recycled or reclaimed refrigerant remains allowed there until 2032.
- 2027
The EU HFC quota is cut roughly in half. Reclaimed and recycled refrigerant sits outside the quota.
- 2032
Stationary refrigeration equipment, chillers excepted, may no longer be serviced with virgin refrigerant with a GWP of 750 or more. Recycled or reclaimed gas remains allowed.
Most HFCs and blends, and R22 for destruction.
With the installer, not against them.
Honest about what's possible
Clean gas of one type in its own cylinder gets the best terms. We take mixtures too, but they can cost money. You always hear that upfront.
Routes, not one-off trips
We bundle collection addresses into routes. The more stops on a route, the lower the cost for everyone.
Accredited parties
Recovery by certified technicians, transport by licensed carriers, processing by accredited plants.
New to collection. Not new to refrigerant.
Sebastiaan Visser
Your contact, Gaia Cooling B.V.
LinkedIn ↗Our team comes from the start of the chain. For years we have handled the import of refrigerant into Europe: more than 120 ISO containers of 18,000 to 25,000 kilos each, from China, delivered across Europe. Over 2 million kilos in total, under rules just as strict and error-prone as those for recovered refrigerant.
We have also spent seven years trading refrigerant import rights across Europe, the UK and the United States. That is exactly the part of the chain where the rules get stricter every year. We now bring that knowledge to the end of the chain: so you can focus on your customers, and we on the rules.
Rules and market, clearly explained.
Refrigerant servicing bans 2025, 2030, 2032: what is allowed?
Since 1 January 2025 it has been prohibited to service refrigeration equipment with virgin refrigerant with a GWP of 2,500 or more, such as R404A and R507A. Reclaimed or recycled refrigerant remains allowed until 1 January 2030; air conditioning and heat pumps have had the same ban since 2026, with reclaimed and recycled gas allowed until 2032. From 2032, virgin refrigerant with a GWP of 750 or more is banned for servicing stationary refrigeration, with chillers excluded.
Read →Refrigerant disposal in the Netherlands: the paperwork explained
Recovered refrigerant that you dispose of is normally treated as hazardous waste. You may only hand it to a carrier or collector registered on the VIHB list, under a waste stream number issued by the receiving processor, with a consignment note for every load. The processor weighs the load, signs for it and reports receipt to the LMA, and you keep your records for at least five years.
Read →Owning a refrigeration system: what to arrange at replacement
As the operator, you are responsible for leak checks, the logbook and the recovery of refrigerant, even when a contractor does the work. On decommissioning, a certified technician must recover the refrigerant, after which it is recycled, reclaimed or destroyed. Ask your contractor where the gas goes and record it in the logbook.
Read →Which refrigerants do you collect?
Most HFCs and HFC blends, such as R404A, R507A, R410A, R134a, R407C, R407F, R448A and R449A. We also accept R22 and other ozone-depleting substances, but these may no longer be used for servicing and go to licensed destruction. If you are unsure about a gas, just ask.
How is the price set?
Every lot is different: gas type, purity, quantity and location set the price. So we look at each lot separately and you know where you stand upfront. We only schedule collection once you agree. Our aim: disposal costs you as little as possible.
Does disposal cost me money?
That depends on the lot. Clean, single-type gas in its own cylinder gets the best terms. We also take mixed or unknown gas, but that may cost money. You always hear that upfront, so there are no surprises.
Is there a minimum quantity?
There is no hard minimum for the Cylinder service. For a one-off pickup, a small lot may be combined with a later route. So very small lots are sometimes collected together with others, to make the pickup worthwhile.
What if the gas is mixed or contaminated?
We still accept it. Mixed gas usually goes to separation or destruction, and that may cost money. We tell you that upfront. Either way, it is disposed of correctly.