• Change text size
• Skip to content

Ozone

• About us
• Contact us

• Home
  • Atmosphere
  • Biodiversity
  • Coasts and marine
  • Heritage
  • Human settlements
  • Land
  • Living sustainably
  • Parks Australia
  • Water
  • EPBC Act

• Atmosphere
  • Air quality
  • Ozone and Synthetic Greenhouse Gases
  • Fuel quality
  • Publications

• Ozone and Synthetic Greenhouse Gases
  • Legislation
  • Licences and reporting
  • Montreal Protocol
  • Ozone depleting substances (ODS)
  • Methyl bromide
  • National Halon Bank
  • Refrigeration and airconditioning
  • Synthetic greenhouse gases
  • Equivalent carbon price

Halon recycling, reclaiming and other services

Domestic needs

The National Halon Bank maintains the capability to reclaim, repackage and arrange for the re-certification of storage containers used to hold halon stock.

All halon reclaimed will meet ISO 7201-1 1989.

International services

The National Halon Bank has broad experience in reclaiming, reprocessing, storing and maintaining halon stock. This expertise is available to assist commercial entities and government agencies worldwide in developing and implementing halon phaseout and banking projects.

The National Halon Bank will assist in the importation of stock from overseas for disposal or reclamation for subsequent re-export for either commercial or Government agencies. Halon is reclaimed to AS ISO 7201-1 1989.

Reclamation will be carried out at the National Halon Bank by DASCEM Pty Ltd (contract managers). Destruction will be carried out by BCD Technologies, using the Australian developed PLASCON (TM).

Contacts

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Eliza Gardener
Phone: +61 2 6274 2319
Facsimile: +61 2 6274 1610
Email: nationalhalonbank@environment.gov.au

DASCEM Pty Ltd
Phone: 03 9418 0552 (BH)
Facsimile: 03 9473 1450
Email: elvira.nigido@coffey.com

• More information on the services is available on the DASCEM website .