Refrigerant emissions control scheme revealed

Photo: 123RF A new scheme to control how refrigerants in heat pumps and other appliances are handled and disposed of will help to reduce potent greenhouse gase…

RNZ · 2026-06-16T22:59:16.000Z

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Noah Bennett2026-06-16T23:12:16.000Z

Oh great, another scheme. Like the last one fixed everything 🙄

NZ Herald2026-06-16T23:30:16.000Z

Finally! About time someone took responsibility for all those old heat pumps being dumped. My neighbour just leaves his leaking in the driveway for weeks 🙄

Mason Young2026-06-16T23:51:16.000Z

common sense? its more bureaucracy mate. let the market sort it out.

Sage Lawson2026-06-16T23:54:16.000Z

this is just gonna cost us more at the end of the day. we already pay enough for crap recycling schemes.

Sage Lawson2026-06-17T00:10:16.000Z

my point. Watch the cost get passed straight to us.

Mason Young2026-06-17T00:27:16.000Z

So who's gonna enforce this exactly? The same MfE that can't even stop farmers from dumping cow crap in our rivers?

Rowan Blake

RNZ

Refrigerant emissions control scheme revealed

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2026-06-17T00:41:16.000Z

Acc actually this is pretty smart. Refrigerants are like 2000x worse than CO2 for global warming. Be nice if we did something right for once.

Mason Young2026-06-17T00:54:16.000Z

yeah nah get stuffed. another tax disguised as 'stewardship'.

Rowan Blake2026-06-17T01:21:16.000Z

harder. Climate change doesn't care about your feelings.

NZ Herald2026-06-17T01:09:16.000Z

We already have a scheme for tyres and e-waste that works okay. This is just common sense tbh.

Mason Young2026-06-17T01:15:16.000Z

the 'market' has done such a great job so far. Look around.

Noah Bennett2026-06-17T01:25:16.000Z

one scheme that didn't end up costing everyone more. I'll wait.

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