Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 requires the recovery and recycling of fluorinated greenhouse gases from products, including containers, and equipment during maintenance or servicing or prior to the disposal of the products or equipment.
Gielle is a recovery, collection and storage centre for fluorinated greenhouse gases: it recovers, collects, recycles, reclaims or destroys fluorinated greenhouse gases.
It also carries out recycling, i.e. the reuse of a recovered fluorinated greenhouse gas following a basic cleaning process.
It also performs reclamation, i.e. the reprocessing of a recovered fluorinated greenhouse gas in order to match the equivalent performance of a virgin substance, taking into account its intended use.
Finally, it also carries out destruction, i.e. the process of permanently transforming or decomposing all or most of a fluorinated greenhouse gas into one or more stable substances which are not fluorinated greenhouse gases.