Recoolit began working in Indonesia in 2021 to tackle what it considers an often-overlooked contributor to climate change: refrigerants
Technicians get 50,000 rupiah ($3) per kilogram of recovered refrigerant
Demand is increasing as climate change fuels record temperatures and expanding middle classes seek cooling and refrigeration
The effects of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and the efforts to safely store them after use
In the basement of a Jakarta housing complex, surrounded by the silver piping of the air-conditioning system, Indonesian technician Ari Sobaru…
A 'solid refrigerant' used by Barocal at their headquarters in Cambridge
Barocal's founder Xavier Moya demonstrates its prototype cooling technology
The soft, waxy "solid refrigerant" being investigated in a UK laboratory may not look very exciting, but its unusual properties promise an air…