LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
Appeal to DEA
not to ban disposables
By Trevor Dyer of AC&R Components
R
eference is made to the article
“Renewed call to ban disposable
refrigerant cylinders in SA” in the
May/June 2017 edition of Cold Link Africa.
I do not believe for one moment
that the primary concern for banning
disposables is to safeguard the
environment, but rather to gain from
the capture of a larger share of the
refrigerant market. Strangely, those that
call for the ban are themselves large
importers of disposables.
An alternative to disposables is for all
refrigerants to be supplied in refillables.
Already there is a dire shortage of the
much-talked-about reclaim cylinders.
Let us consider some of the consequences:
1. Which supplier has the capacity to
handle the thousands of big refillable
cylinders that will be required to service
the industry? Can you imagine the
catastrophic situation should we find
ourselves short of cylinders? This can bring
the supermarkets, the wine industry, and
in fact, the refrigeration industry into crisis.
2. Contractors are constantly getting
work outsi