Is the sticker enough for the scrap yard to accept them?

Recovery requirements · EPA 608 Type I. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.

The small-appliance definition and the recovery levels required.

The question

A supplier delivers refrigerators to a scrap yard with stickers reading "Refrigerant removed." Is the sticker enough for the scrap yard to accept them?

• AYes, if the sticker shows the date of recovery
• BYes, if a certified technician applied and signed the sticker
• CNo; it still needs a signed statement or a contractCorrect answer
• DYes, because the appliances hold under 5 pounds

Why “No; it still needs a signed statement or a contract” is correct

EPA's safe disposal guidance states that it does not mandate or accept a sticker as verification. The final disposer must get a signed statement with the recoverer's name, address and date, or have a contract with the supplier.

Source: EPA: Safe Disposal Requirements; 40 CFR 82.155(b)

Why the other answers are wrong

• Yes, if the sticker shows the date of recovery — EPA does not accept a sticker of any kind as verification.
• Yes, if a certified technician applied and signed the sticker — Who applied the sticker does not matter; EPA does not accept stickers.
• Yes, because the appliances hold under 5 pounds — Small appliances are exactly the equipment the verification rule covers.

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