The recovery, recycling, containment and leakage control are necessary to (a) minimize ODS emission to the atmosphere, (b) ensure that controlled substances are available to service the existing equipment beyond the phase out period particularly for critical applications and essential uses and (c) offset the demand for ODS in developing countries.

Commercially demonstrated and effective technologies are available for recovery, recycling, containment and leakage control of various Ozone depleting substances. In principle, it is possible to meet a portion of the demand for ODS from supplies recovered and recycled. However, with the exception of halons, recovery and recycling of ODS is difficult due to lack of proper infrastructure, equipment and training.

CFC refrigerant recovery and recycling equipment is available in developed countries with a wide range of feature and prices. Solvent recovery systems are also available for cold cleaning, vapour liquid cleaning and continuous automatic leaning.